hysterogenic

[ his-ter-uh-jen-ik ]

adjective

, Medicine/Medical.

1. inducing hysteria.

hysterogenic

/ ˌhɪstəˈrɒdʒənɪ; ˌhɪstərəˈdʒɛnɪk /

adjective

1. inducing hysteria

Derived Forms

• hysterogeny, noun

Other Words From

• hys·ter·og·e·ny [his-t, uh, -, roj, -, uh, -nee], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hysterogenic¹

First recorded in 1885–90; hyster(ia) + -o- + -genic

Word History and Origins

Origin of hysterogenic¹

C20: from hysteria + -genic

Example Sentences

I thought I caught the stuffy odor of the historical novelist who has fallen in love with her own research and feels the need to impart all those interesting bits of information about hysteria and hysterogenic points and volta-faradaic apparatus, whether the story demands them or not.

From New York Times

She was able to demonstrate "hysterogenic zones": areas on the body thought to trigger hysterical fits.

From The Guardian

For his part, Charcot, the author notes, “confronted the chaos of the hysterical female body” and discovered “hysterogenic zones” privileging the ovaries and breasts that, when stimulated, either provoked or halted hysterical symptoms.

From New York Times

Mr. Lloyd remains original, rapid, hysterogenic.

From Time Magazine Archive

No doubt Charcot determines very well the phases of the attack, notes the nonsensical and passional attitudes, the contortionistic movements; he discovers hysterogenic zones and can, by skilfully manipulating the ovaries, arrest or accelerate the crises, but as for foreseeing them and learning the sources and the motives and curing them, that's another thing.

From Project Gutenberg