conversion hysteria (5) | (noun) - turn around + womb = a neurosis with physical symptoms with no physical basis, such as paralysis of the limbs; also called conversion reaction. |
hysterectomy (3) | (noun) - womb + cut, cutting = surgical removal of the uterus. The plural is hysterectomies. |
hysteria (2) | (noun) - from the Greek word, based on the idea that hysteria was a women's problem caused by the uterus = a neurosis marked by emotional excitability and other mental and physical problems; overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional displays. Hysterical and hysteric are the adjective forms, hysterically is the adverb and hysteric is a noun. |
hysteroid (5) | (adj.) - womb + shape = resembling or prone to hysteria. |
hysterotomy (5) | (noun) - womb + cut, cutting = cesarean section, delivering a baby by means of a surgical incision in the walls of the abdomen and uterus. Usually called 'c-section' or 'cesarean'. The plural is hysterotomies. |