hystero-

1. a combining form meaning “uterus,” used in the formation of compound words:

   hysterotomy.

hystero-

combining_form

1. indicating the uterus

   hysterotomy

2. hysteria

   hysterogenic

Word History and Origins

Origin of hystero-¹

< Greek, combining form representing Greek hystéra womb, uterus

Word History and Origins

Origin of hystero-¹

from Greek hustera womb

Example Sentences

It is with regard to these that the term hystero-epilepsy almost seems justified.

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On the maternal side there is a somewhat neurotic heredity, and she is herself subject to attacks of hystero-epileptoid character.

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“Such a cruel ruse,” sobbed her ladyship, in hystero-tragic tones.

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The same symptoms revived in the extraordinary epidemic called the hystero-demonopathy, which visited Morzine, in Savoy, in 1857.

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This patient's visions of corpses, occurring almost always in attacks, recall the states occasionally seen in hystero-epilepsy.

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