hystera

Talking to Daily Times, Hussain, said hysteria was a medical condition thought to be common to women caused by disturbances of the uterus (from the Greek word hystera).

unknown title 2009

Of these parts one is termed the hystera or delphys, whence is derived the word adelphos, and the other part, the tube or orifice, is termed metra.

The History of Animals 2002

Hysteric – from the Greek, hysterikos – of or from the womb (uterus: hystera); suffering caused by the womb.

Hysterical | Her Bad Mother 2008

He believed that hysteria was caused by the uterus hystera in Greek moving upward and compressing the diaphragm, lungs, and heart.

The Chemistry of Calm M.D. Henry Emmons 2010

So, hys means sow in Greek; and hystera means womb in Greek.

Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008

My good old Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has this to say about hyster- or hystero- comb form French or Latin, French hyster-, from Latin hyster-, from Greek, from hystera 1: womb.

Womb - That from Which We Come, That to Which We Go Jan 2008

Etymology: New Latin, from English hysteric, adjective, from Latin hystericus, from Greek hysterikos, from hystera womb; from the Greek notion that hysteria was peculiar to women and caused by disturbances of the uterus

Overblown Cheney David 2006

So, hys means sow in Greek; and hystera means womb in Greek.

Womb - That from Which We Come, That to Which We Go Jan 2008

Hysteric - from the Greek, hysterikos - of or from the womb uterus: hystera; suffering caused by the womb.

Archive 2008-05-04 2008

My good old Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has this to say about hyster- or hystero- comb form French or Latin, French hyster-, from Latin hyster-, from Greek, from hystera 1: womb.

Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008