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Webster 1913 Edition


Antihysteric

Anˊti-hys-ter′ic

,
Adj.
(Med.)
Counteracting hysteria.
Noun.
A remedy for hysteria.

Webster 1828 Edition


Antihysteric

ANTIHYSTER'IC

,
Adj.
[Gr. uterus.] Counteracting hysterics.

ANTIHYSTER'IC

,
Noun.
A medicine that cures or counteracts hysterical affections.

Definition 2024


antihysteric

antihysteric

English

Noun

antihysteric (plural antihysterics)

  1. (pharmacology) Any substance that counters hysterics.
    • 1778, William Lewis, The new dispensatory (page 393)
      This composition, designed as an antihysteric, is liable to considerable objections, not only in regard to its particular ingredients, but to the medicinal intention of the whole.

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Adjective

antihysteric (comparative more antihysteric, superlative most antihysteric)

  1. (pharmacology) Countering hysterics.

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