hysteria

hys·te·ria

noun \his-ˈter-ē-ə, -ˈtir-\

Definition of HYSTERIA

1

a : a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral functions without an organic basis b : a similar condition in domestic animals

2

: behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess