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Hysteroepilepsy
Hysˊter-o-ep′i-lepˊsy
,Noun.
[
Hysteria
+ epilepsy
.] (Med.)
A disease resembling hysteria in its nature, and characterized by the occurrence of epileptiform convulsions, which can often be controlled or excited by pressure on the ovaries, and upon other definite points in the body.
– Hysˊter-o-epˊi-lep′tic
(#)
, Adj.
Definition 2024
hysteroepilepsy
hysteroepilepsy
English
Noun
hysteroepilepsy (countable and uncountable, plural hysteroepilepsies)
- (medicine, dated) A supposed illness, later identified as iatrogenic, resembling hysteria and characterized by epileptiform convulsions.
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