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hyster-
variant of hystero- before a vowel.
hysterectomy.
Example Sentences
One wonders who, exactly, Dunham is referring to by this monolithic word, "women"? Certainly not the people posting on Reddit forums and sites like Hyster Sisters happily counting down to "yeeterus" days and celebrating with special hysterectomy cakes and cookies frosted with slogans like, "Goodbye uterus, you were cramping my style," "Monthly subscription: canceled," and my personal favorite, "see you later, ovulator."
Hyster, T. K. & Ward, T. R. Genetic optimization of metalloenzymes: enhancing enzymes for non-natural reactions.
She has risen quickly, starting on yarn machines, before driving a Hyster forklift, working as a production clerk and now serving as a tufting scheduler.
My first job out of college was with the Hyster Lift Truck Company.
Hyster′ics, Hystēr′ia, a nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying alternately, with a choking sensation in the throat, but often as a counterfeit of some organic disease.—adjs.
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When To Use
Hyster- is a combining form used like a prefix representing the word uterus, also known as the womb, where offspring are conceived and gestate in mammals. It is often used in medical terms, especially in anatomy.Hyster- comes from the Greek é, meaning “womb,” “uterus.” If that Greek word looks familiar, it might be because you recognize another one of its derivatives: hysteria, "an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc." The ancient Greeks believed that this behavior was particular to women and caused by disturbances in the uterus. Learn more about this surprising (and problematic) etymology at our entry for hysteric.Related to the Greek é is the Latin uterus, source of the related combining form utero-. The combining form metro- can also indicate uterus.Hyster- is a variant of hystero-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels.Want to know more? Read our 51Թs That Use hystero- article.
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