Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Preventing or curing hysteria.
- noun A remedy for hysteria.
- noun   Also anthysteric .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Counteracting hysteria.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun   Any substance that counters hysterics .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
 
				Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word antihysteric.
Examples
- 
								Accordingly he seized the pen with great confidence, and a whole magazine of antihysteric medicines were, in different forms, externally and internally applied. 
- 
								Mérat mentions it as a substitute for assafoetida, that it is employed as an antihysteric, and is recommended in rebellious bilious fever. 
- 
								The essential oil is regarded as emmenagogue and antihysteric. 
- 
								Accordingly he seized the pen with great confidence, and a whole magazine of antihysteric medicines were, in different forms, externally and internally applied. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Volume 02 Tobias George Smollett 1746 
- 
								Accordingly he seized the pen with great confidence, and a whole magazine of antihysteric medicines were, in different forms, externally and internally applied. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete Tobias George Smollett 1746 
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.