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Research Report. The term hysteria comes from the Greek word hysterika, meaning Uterus. In ancient Greece it was believed that a wandering and discontented Uterus was blamed for that dreaded female ailment of excessive emotion, hysteria.The disease's symptoms were believed to be dictated by where in the body the offending organ roamed.he term Hysteria is traced back to the late fifth-early fourth centuries BC. A large part of our information about the physical side of women's lives in the classical age is derived from a collection of writings known as the Hippocratic Corpus.
hysteria. a state of excitement or tension in which there is a temporary loss of control over the emotions. The term is probably an inappropriate one for use in animals.tymology: Gk, hystera, womb. a general state of tension or excitement in a person or a group, characterized by unmanageable fear and temporary loss of control over the emotions. Psychiatry A 16 th century term for excessive emotional lability, anxiety etc. See Mass hysteria, Vapors.