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SNP’s word of the day: Hysteria
by Sarah Nicole Prickett February 1, 2012

Illustration by Lewis Mirrett

Word: Hysteria

Meaning: A common 19th-century medical diagnosis; a nervous condition, or acute outbreak of nerves, that remains inexplicably linked to being female.

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