Meanings
nounantihysteric (plural antihysterics)
plural antihysterics
- medicineAny substance that counters hysterics.
This composition, designed as an antihysteric, is liable to considerable objections, not only in regard to its particular ingredients, but to the medicinal intention of the whole.
1778, William Lewis, The new dispensatory, page 393
adjectiveantihysteric (not comparable)
- not comparablemedicineCountering hysterics.
Translations
Portuguese anti-histérico, anti-histérico
- anti-histéricoany substance that counters hysterics
- anti-histéricocountering hysterics
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