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antihysteric

antihysteric noun: any substance that counters hysterics.

Noun

antihysteric (plural antihysterics)

  1. Any substance that counters hysterics.
    • 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.1778, William Lewis, The new dispensatory, page 393

Adjective

antihysteric (not comparable)

  1. Countering hysterics.

Forms of antihysteric

pluralantihysterics

Questions about antihysteric

What does antihysteric mean?
Antihysteric means any substance that counters hysterics.
What part of speech is antihysteric?
Antihysteric can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of antihysteric?
The plural of antihysteric is antihysterics.

Words near antihysteric in the dictionary

  1. antihypotensive
  2. antihypotensives
  3. antihypothetical
  4. antihypouricemic
  5. antihystamine
  6. antihysteric
  7. antihysterical
  8. antihysterics
  9. antihæmorrhagic
  10. antiidiotype
  11. antiidiotypic

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