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Noun: hysterical neurosis
Usage: archaic
  1. Neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
    "During her episodes of hysterical neurosis, she would experience temporary blindness and uncontrollable crying";
    - hysteria

Derived forms: hysterical neuroses

Type of: neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis

Encyclopedia: Hysterical neurosis, dissociative type