- uterus, womb: hysterotomy
- hysteria, hysteria and: hysterogenic
Also, before a vowel, hyster-
Origin of hystero-
from Classical Greek hystera, uterus, wombhystero-
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hystero-
or hyster-
prefix
- Uterus: hysterectomy.
- Hysteria: hysteroid.
Origin of hystero-
From Greek husterā wombTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
From Ancient Greek ὑστερά (hustera, “the womb”). Confer the Latin hystericus (“hysterical”) and Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikos, “suffering in the womb, hysterical”).
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