hysteria; mental disorder
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hysteria; a psychiatric disorder characterized by emotional outbursts, conversion symptoms, and dissociative phenomena, often triggered by psychological trauma
technicalMedical and psychiatric terminology. Also referred to as 歇斯底里 (xiē sī dǐ lǐ), the phonetic transliteration of 'hysteria'. In modern psychiatry, this is often categorized under conversion disorder or dissociative disorders.
Tā她
tū突
rán然
yì癔
zhèng症
fā发
zuò作
，
dà大
kū哭
dà大
nào闹
qǐ起
lái来
。
She suddenly had a hysterical episode, crying and shouting loudly.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
yì癔
zhèng症
tōng通
cháng常
shì是
yóu由
zhòng重
dà大
de的
jīng精
shén神
chuāng创
shāng伤
yǐn引
qǐ起
de的
。
This type of hysteria is usually caused by severe psychological trauma.
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Yī医
shēng生
zhěn诊
duàn断
tā他
huàn患
yǒu有
yì癔
zhèng症
xìng性
shī失
míng明
。
The doctor diagnosed him with hysterical blindness.