| hysterical pregnancy | <obstetrics, psychiatry> A condition in which some signs and symptoms suggest pregnancy, although the woman is not pregnant. Synonym: hysterical pregnancy, pseudocyesis, pseudopregnancy, spurious pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hysterical psychosis | A psychotic disturbance with predominantly hysterical symptoms, a mental disorder resembling conversion hysteria but of psychotic severity, a brief reactive psychosis, often culture bound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hysterical spinal neuralgia | Simulating Pott's disease, following a trauma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hysterical syncope | Fainting due to, or to avoid, emotional stress. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hysterical torticollis | Torticollis believed to be psychosomatic in aetiology. See: hysteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hysterical tremor | Usually a coarse, irregular tremor, limited to one limb. Synonym: psychogenic tremor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hysterical vertigo | A sensation of dizziness, as from a whirling motion, whose aetiology is psychosomatic. (05 Mar 2000) |