Hysterogenic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Producing hysteria.
"He was delighted, for instance, to discover hysterogenic points, zones of hypersensitivity which, when fingered, provoked an attack; it confirmed his conviction of the reality of ‘latent hysteria’."
Example
More examples"He was delighted, for instance, to discover hysterogenic points, zones of hypersensitivity which, when fingered, provoked an attack; it confirmed his conviction of the reality of ‘latent hysteria’."
Etymology
From hystero- + -genic.
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