Medical Definition of Epidemic hysteria

1. Spontaneous, en masse development of identical physical and/or emotional symptoms among a group of individuals, as seen in a classroom of schoolchildren, a socially contagious frenzy of irrational behaviour in a group of people as a reaction to an event. Synonym: epidemic hysteria. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epidemic Hysteria

epidemic cholera
epidemic curve
epidemic diaphragmatic pleurisy
epidemic disease
epidemic dropsy
epidemic encephalitis
epidemic exanthema
epidemic fadeout
epidemic gangrenous proctitis
epidemic gastroenteritis virus
epidemic haemoglobinuria
epidemic haemorrhagic fever
epidemic hepatitis
epidemic hiccup
epidemic hysertia
epidemic hysteria (current term)
epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
epidemic keratoconjunctivitis virus
epidemic meningitis
epidemic myalgia
epidemic myalgia virus
epidemic myalgic encephalomyelitis
epidemic myalgic encephalomyelopathy
epidemic myositis
epidemic nausea
epidemic neuromyasthenia
epidemic nonbacterial gastroenteritis
epidemic parotiditis
epidemic parotitis
epidemic parotitis virus

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