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   Hys·te·ri·a

   /həˈsterēə/

   

   noun

   • 1. exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement: "mass hysteria erupts as the people crowd in to view the race"
   • 2. an old-fashioned term for a disorder characterized by neurological symptoms often accompanied by exaggeratedly or inappropriately emotional behavior, originally attributed to disease or injury of the nervous system and later thought to be functional or psychological in origin.

   Word Origin early 19th century: from Latin hystericus (see hysteric).

   Scrabble Points: 14

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