▪ I. hysterogenic, a.1 Bot.
(ˌhɪstərəʊˈdʒɛnɪk)
[f. as prec. + -genic; cf. protogenic, etc.]
Of later origin or formation; applied to intercellular spaces formed in older tissues.
| 1885 G. L. Goodale Phys. Bot. (1892) 99 note, Those [intercellular spaces] formed in older tissues [are called] hysterogenic. |
▪ II. hysteroˈgenic, a.2 Path.
[f. hystero-1 + -genic.]
Producing hysteria; relating to the production of hysteria. So hysteˈrogenous a., in same sense; hysteˈrogeny, the production of hysteria.
| 1886 Syd. Soc. Lex., Hysterogenic..Hysterogenous. 1886 F. W. H. Myers in Proc. Soc. Psych. Res. Oct. 127 note, I must adopt from the French the word..hysterogeny for the production of hysterical states. 1887 Fortn. Rev. May 737 The so-called ‘hysterogenic’ and ‘hypnogenic’ pressure points. 1897 Allbutt Syst. Med. III. 532 The presence of other hysterical symptoms, such as hemi-anæsthesia..hysterogenic zones, contraction in the field of vision. |