hysteric 
D. G. hysterisch = Dan. Sw. hysterisl-), < L. Injs- 
tericHS, < Gr. v<rrepin6f, suffering in the uterus, 
hysterical, < varcpa, the uterus: see hysteria.] 
I. . 1. Relating to, resulting from, 'affected 
with, or subject to hysteria. 
Parent of vapours, and of female wit, 
Who give th' hysteric or poetic fit. 
Pope, E. of the L., iv. 60. 
steria ; emo- 
2. Having the characteristics of hys 
tionally disordered ; fitful ; frantic. 
With no hysteric weakness or feverish excitement, they 
preserved their peace and patience. Bancroft. 
Hysteric aura. See aural. 
II. n. A fit of hysteria: commonly in the 
plural. 
The marquis sank down in his chair in a sort of hysteric. 
Bulwer, Pelham, Ixv. 
A love of freedom rarely felt, 
Of freedom in her regal seat 
Of England ; not the schoolboy heat, 
The blind hysterics of the Celt. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, cii. 
hysterical (his-ter'i-kal), a. [< hysteric + -al.] 
Same as hysteric, and the more common form. 
With all his great talents, and all his lone experience 
of the world, he had no more self-command than a petted 
child or a hysterical woman. 
Macaulay, Frederic the Great, 
The last hi/sterital struggle of rhyme to maintain ita 
place in tragedy. Sirinburne, .Shakespeare, p. 41. 
hysterically (his-ter'i-kal-i), adv. In a hys- 
terical manner ; spasmodically. 
hysteriform (his-ter'i-form), a. [< NL. hysteria, 
hysteria (in 2d sense < NL. Hysterium), + L. 
forma, form.] 1. Resembling or having the 
character of hysteria. 2. In hot., having the 
form or appearance of fungi of the genus Hys- 
terium. 
Hysterineae (his-te-rin'e-e), n. pi. [NL., < Hys- 
terium + -in- + -ea:.] A family of ascomyce- 
tous fungi, typified by the genus Hysterium. 
liysteritis (his-te-ri'tis), n. [NL., < Gr. ivrepa, 
the uterus, + -it is.] In pathol., inflammation 
of the uterus ; metritis. 
Hysterium (his-te'ri-um), n. [NL., < Gr. vare- 
pof, later: see hysteresis.] A large genus of as- 
comycetous fungi, having the perithecium labi- 
ate, the border entire, and the asci elongated. 
They grow on decayed wood, branches, leaves, 
etc. 
hysterocele (his'te-ro-sel), . [< Gr. ixrripa, 
the uterus, + K#lfl, tumor.] A form of hernia 
involving the uterus. 
hysterodynia (his'te-ro-din'i-a), n. [< Gr. 
varcpa, the uterus, +"b6ivr/, pain.]' Pain of the 
womb. 
hystero-epilepsy (his'te-ro-ep'i-lep-si), n. In 
pathol., a form of convulsive attack which pre- 
sents a greater amount of coordination than or- 
dinary epilepsy, and in this respect resembles 
a hysterical attack. Also called hysteroid con- 
vulsion. 
hystero-epileptic (his'te-ro-ep-i-lep'tik), a. 
Having the character of hysteria and of epi- 
lepsy; hysterically epileptifonn. 
hysterogenic (his*te-ro-jen'ik), a. [< hystero- 
geny + -ic.] 1. Producing hysteria ; also, re- 
lated to the production of hysteria. 
In order to illustrate further the -intimate connection 
between certain morbid forms of sleep and the hysterical 
state, I shall briefly allude to the so-called " hysterogenic " 
and "hypnogenic" pressure points discovered by Profes- 
sors Charcot and Pitres. Fortnightly Rev., N.S., XII. 737. 
She presents various hysterogenic points, one cutaneous 
in the precordial region, below the mamma, and one over 
the rightovary. Alien, and Neural., VII. 366. 
2. In oot., a term applied to those intercellular 
spaces in plants which are formed in old, part- 
ly differentiated tissues. Compare protogenic. 
hysterogenous (his-te-roj'e-nus), a. [< hyste- 
rogeny -r -oils.] Same as hysterogenic. 
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hysterogeny (his-te-roj'e-ni), n. [< NL. hys- 
teria, hysteria, 4- Gr. -yeveia: see -geny.] Pro- 
duction of hysteria; induction of hysterics or 
hysterical states. 
hysteroid (his'te-roid), a. [< NL. hysteria, hys- 
teria, + Gr. eidof, form.] Inpatltol., resembling 
hysteria : as, a hysteroid disease or symptom. 
Hysteroid conditions and feigned diseases. 
Alien, and Neural., VI. 475. 
Hysteroid convulsion. Same as hyetero-epilepsy. 
hysteroidal (his-te-roi'dal), a. [< hysteroid + 
-al.] Same as hysteroid. 
Their value is much diminished by the unmistakable hys- 
teroidat impress which they bear. Medical News, L. 37. 
hysterology 1 (his-te-rol'o-ji), . [< Gr. iaripa, 
the uterus, + -/Ur/4o, < /.e-yciv, speak : see -ology.] 
The knowledge of or a treatise on the uterus. 
hysterology 2 (his-te-rol'o-ji), n. [= F. hyste'- 
rologic, < LL. hysterologia, < Gr. vanpotoyla, hys- 
terou-proteron, < varepof, later, latter ; cf . ioTf- 
poAoyof, speaking last, < iiarcpoc, the latter (see 
hysteresis), + -toyia, < Hyeiv, speak : see -ology.] 
Same as hysteron-proteron, 1. 
hysteromania (his'te-ro-ma'ni-a), n. [< Gr. 
ivTfpa, the uterus (see hysteria), + jtavia, mad- 
ness.] 1. Hysterical mania; a mania develop- 
ing in pereons who have previously exhibited 
hysterical symptoms, and which presents many 
hysterical features, with delusions, hallucina- 
tions, illusions, and an unrestrained endeavor 
to attract attention. 2. Nymphomania. 
hysterometer (his-te-rom'e-ter), n. [< Gr. iV- 
rtpa, the uterus, + firpov, a measure.] An in- 
strument for measuring the uterus ; a uterine 
sound. 
hysteron-proteron (his'te-ron-prot'e-ron), n. 
[NL., < Gr. ivrcpov vp&repnv, lit. the latter first, 
also called vpud'vartpov, lit. the first last (latter); 
neut. of varepof, later, latter, and rporepof, corn- 
par., former, fore, first (ir/KJrof, superl., first).] 
1. In rhet., a figure by which what should 
come last in order of time or of logical sequence 
is introduced first, and vice versa ; a transpo- 
sition of words involving an inversion of the 
natural and logical order of events or subjects. 
The motive for the use of this figure is to mention first the 
idea which is the more prominently before the mind. An 
example is : " Moriamur, et in media arma ruamus " (Let 
us die, and rush into the midst of the fray), Virgil, JEnelA, 
ii. 353. Also called hysterology and prolhysteron, and 
sometimes considered the same as anastrophe. 
2. In logic, the fallacy which consists in offering 
as a proof of what is really an axiom some the- 
orem which can be proved only by means of 
that axiom. 
hythe 
cut.] In surg., the operation of cutting into 
the uterus. 
hysterotrachelorrhaphy(his*te-ro-tra-ke-lor'- 
a-fi), H. [< Gr. i'arifia, the uterus, + rpd^/of, 
the neck, + pafr/, a sewing, < pairretv, sew.] In 
surg., a plastic operation on the neck of the 
uterus. 
hystriciasis (his-tri-si'a-sis), n. [NL., < L. hyu- 
trijr (hystric-), porcupine, 4- -iasis.'} Same as 
>n/ntrici#mtis. 
hystricid (his'tri-sid), . A rodent mammal of 
the family Hystricidw. 
Hystricidae (his-tris'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Hystrix 
(Hystric-) + -idee.'] A family of simplicident ro- 
dents in which the pelage consists in part of 
stout spines ; the porcupines. They are of large size 
as compared with other hystncine rodpnts. Some are ter- 
restrial and fossorial, with very long spines, and confined 
to the old world ; others are chiefly arboreal, with short 
spines, and confined to the new world. The family is thus 
divisible into two subfamilies, Hystricince and Sphingu- 
rince. 
Hystricinae (his-tri-si'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Hys- 
Irijr ( Hystric-) + -ince.] A subfamily of Hystrici- 
rfrt 1 ; the old-world orground porcupines. Theyin- 
habit the Palearctic, Indian, and Ethiopian regions. There 
are two leading genera, Hystrix and Atherura. The sub- 
family is sometimes called Atheruritice. 
hystricine (his'tri-sin), a. [< L. hystrix (hys- 
tric-), a porcupine, 4- -ine 1 .] Resembling or 
related to a porcupine ; hystricomorpliic. 
hystricismus (his-tri-siz'mus), . [NL., < L. 
hystrix (hystric-), porcupine, + -ismus, E. -ism.] 
In pathol., an extreme form of ichthyosis, in 
which the epidermis grows out into spines. Also 
hyxtririiixift. 
hystricomorph (his'tri-ko-m6rf), n. Any mem- 
ber of the Jfj/stricomorpha. 
Hystricomorpha (his"tri-ko-m6r'fa), . pi. 
[NL., < L. Hystrix (Hystric-), < G'r. vorpif 
(voTpix-), porcupine, + /uop^^, form.] A series 
of simplicident rodents ; one of three prime di- 
visions of rodents, includingthe porcupines and 
their congeners. The group is characterized by nor- 
mal upper incisors and distinct tibia and fibula, the angular 
part of the mandible springing from the outer side of the 
bony covering of the incisor. The dental formula is : 1 in- 
cisor in each half-jaw above and below, no canines, and 1 
premolar and 3 molars in each upper and lower half-Jaw 
in all, 20 (except in Ctenodactylvs, which has no premo- 
l;u s). The skull has no distinct postorbital process (except 
in Chcetomys). The group corresponds to the Hystricina 
of Waterhouse, and includes the seven families Hydro- 
chaeridce, Caviidce, Dintnnyidce, Dazyproctidix, ChinchU- 
lidtr, Bystriciria', and Octodontidce. There is the great- 
est diversity in the external aspect and habits of these ani- 
mals, few of which specially resemble porcupines in 
hysterophore (his'te-ro-for), . [< Gr. 
the uterus, + -<t>6pof, ( <t>epctv = E. 
ssary for supporting the uterus. 
, 
general appearance. Except four remarkable outlying 
genera of Octodontidte and the old-world porcupines of 
the genera Hystrix and Atherura, the whole series is 
, 
tear 1 .'] A 
ophyta (his-te-rof 'i-ta), n. pi. [NL. 
(Elias Fries, 1821), pL of hysierophytam : see 
hysteropliyte.] A section of thallophytes con- 
taining the single class Fungi. 
hysterophytal (his'te-ro-fi'tal), a. [< Hystero- 
phyta.] Having the characters or appearance 
of the Hysterophyta or Fungi. 
hysterophyte (his'te-ro-fit), . [< NL. hystero- 
phytum, < Gr. vartpa, the uterus, + Qvrov, a 
plant.] Properly, a member of the Hystero- 
phyta ; a fungus of any kind; in common usage, 
any fungus growing upon organic matter, from 
which it derives its nourishment; a sapro- 
phyte. 
hysterotome (his'te-ro-tom), n. [< Gr. voTepa, 
the uterus, + T0fi6f, cutting.] An instrument 
for cutting the uterus ; especially, a knife or 
scissors for enlarging the cervical canal of the 
uterus. 
hysterotomy (his-te-rot'o-mi), n. [< Gr. varfpa, 
the uterus, + ro/),'a cutting, < refivetv, ra/jclv, 
, 
American, and almost confined to South America; for 
there are only three West Indian forms (as Capromyt), 
and only two species of porcupine, of the genus Erethi- 
zon, occur in North America. 
hystricomorphic (his*tri-ko-m6r'fik), a. [< 
Hystricomorpha + -ic.] Pertaining to the Hys- 
tricomorpha, or having their characters ; hystri- 
cine, in a broad sense. 
Hystrix (his'triks), n. [L., also written His- 
trix (stem hystric- instead of "histrich-). < Gr. 
tior/wf (varpix-), a porcupine, in pi. bristles, 
appar. < t-f, a hog, + 6pi% (rpix-), hair.] 1. The 
typical genus of Hystricida?, formerly conter- 
minous with the family, now restricted to the 
common old-world porcupines, with very long 
spines or quills, such as those used for pen- 
holders. H. cristata is the leading species, in- 
habiting southern Europe and northern Africa. 
See porcupine. 2. [J. c.] An animal of this 
genus. 
hyte (hit), a. [Origin obscure.] Mad ; crazy. 
Also hite. [Scotch.] 
The witching, curs'd, delicious blinkers 
Ha'e put me hyte. Burns, To Major Logan. 
hythe, . See hithe. 
