hysteria的词源

英文词源

hysteriayoudaoicibaDictYouDict
hysteria: [19] Greek hustérā meant ‘womb’ (it is related to Latin uterus ‘womb’). The adjective derived from it was husterikós ‘suffering in the womb’. This passed into Latin as hystericus, which formed the basis of the modern Latin noun hysteria, a term coined in the 19th century for a neurotic condition supposedly peculiar to women (in popular parlance it was called ‘the vapours’). Hysterectomy ‘surgical removal of the womb’ dates from the late 19th century.
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hysteria (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1801, coined in medical Latin as an abstract noun from hysteric (see hysterical) + abstract noun ending -ia.

中文词源

hysteria(歇斯底里):妇女子宫功能失调导致的情绪失控

癔病(hysteria)又被称为“歇斯底里”,指因为恐惧或其他原因造成的情绪失 控。古代西方医生认为,只有女性才会出现“歇斯底里”的症状,原因在于女性子宫功能失调;男性因为没有子宫,所以不会得癔病。他们还认为,癔病之所以有各 种不同表现,是由于子宫在体内偏离正常位置,到处乱跑造成的。当子宫在体内四处游走,压迫其他器官时,会导致不由自主的恐惧。这种错误的认识,直到十九世 纪才被精神学家夏尔科、弗洛伊德等人纠正。

英语单词hysteria(癔病)源自希腊语hysterikos,字面意思就是“源自子宫的”。词根hyster-表示“子宫”,如hystera(子宫)、hysteritis(子宫炎)。

hysteria:[hɪ'stɪərɪə]n.癔病,歇斯底里

hysteric:[hɪ'sterɪk]adj.歇斯底里的,癔病的,异常亢奋的n.癔病患者

hysterical:[hɪ'sterɪk(ə)l]adj.歇斯底里的,异常亢奋的

hystera:['hɪstərə] n.子宫

hysteritis:[,histə'raitis] n.子宫炎

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:hysteria 词源,hysteria 含义。

hysteria:歇斯底里,情绪失控

来自hysterical,歇斯底里的,-ia,疾病后缀。