hysteroid
English
Etymology
hystero- + -oid
Adjective
hysteroid (not comparable)
- (psychiatry) Similar to hysteria
- (mycology) Having a uterine shape
- 1971, George Henry Hepting, Diseases of Forest and Shade Trees, page 390:
- They curl into angular and hysteroid shapes, and may develop any time of year.
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Synonyms
- hysteroidal
Noun
hysteroid (plural hysteroids)
- (psychiatry) A person with a condition similar to hysteria
- 1997, Cheryl Glickauf-Hughes & Marolyn Clark Wells, Object Relations Psychotherapy, →ISBN, page 169:
- Like Alex, hysteroids lead crisis-ridden lives reflecting poor social judgment (Meissner 1984).
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