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hysterogenic

hysterogenic adjective: producing hysteria.

Adjective

hysterogenic (comparative more hysterogenic, superlative most hysterogenic)

  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’.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 495

Forms of hysterogenic

comparativemore hysterogenic
superlativemost hysterogenic

Origin of hysterogenic

From hystero- + -genic.

Questions about hysterogenic

What does hysterogenic mean?
Hysterogenic means producing hysteria.
What part of speech is hysterogenic?
Hysterogenic is an adjective.

Words near hysterogenic in the dictionary

  1. hysterocystic
  2. hysterodynamic
  3. hysterodynia
  4. hysteroepilepsies
  5. hysteroepilepsy
  6. hysterogenic
  7. hysterogeny
  8. hysterogram
  9. hysterograms
  10. hysterographic
  11. hysterographically

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