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Adjective: hysteric  hi'ste-rik
  1. Characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria
    "during hysteric conditions various functions of the human body are disordered";
    - hysterical
Noun: hysteric  hi'ste-rik
  1. A person suffering from hysteria

Derived forms: hysterics

See also: neurotic, psychoneurotic

Type of: mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic

Encyclopedia: Hysteric

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