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• Sardonicism — (connected with guffaw ) characterizes as distinct from Sarcasm not a contumely or bitter, but a ferocious, painful derision.OriginThe aborigines of Sardinia la. Sardoni would kill their elderly and laugh while doing this. This is called sardonic …   Wikipedia

• Hysteria —    In 1802, Paris psychiatrist Jean Baptiste Louyer Villermay (1775–1837), in an essay differentiating hypochondria from hysteria, described a young female patient, uncertain about romance, who, at the sight of her loved one fainted, uttering… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• Hysteria-Psychosomatic-Somatization —    In 1802, Paris psychiatrist Jean Baptiste Louyer Villermay (1775–1837), in an essay differentiating hypochondria from hysteria, described a young female patient, uncertain about romance, who, at the sight of her loved one fainted, uttering… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• fit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 way sth fits/way two things match ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, good, nice ▪ We need to achieve the best fit between the staff required and the staff available. ▪ correct, exact …   Collocations dictionary

• hysterical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. uncontrolled, wild, emotional; convulsive; frenzied, frenetic. See excitability. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. convulsed, uncontrolled, raving, delirious, wildly emotional, psychoneurotic, unnerved,… …   English dictionary for students

• Hysteria — Hys*te ri*a, n. [NL.: cf. F. hyst[ e]rie. See {Hysteric}.] (Med.) A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power correspondingly diminished, so that… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Alexander S. Webb — Infobox Military Person name= Alexander Stewart Webb born= birth date|1835|2|15 died= death date and age|1911|2|12|1835|2|15 placeofbirth= New York City placeofdeath= Riverdale, Bronx, New York placecofburial= placeofburial= caption= nickname=… …   Wikipedia

• Spasm — A brief, automatic jerking movement. A muscle spasm can be quite painful, with the muscle clenching tightly. A spasm of the coronary artery can cause angina. Spasms in various types of tissue may be caused by stress, medication, over exercise, or …   Medical dictionary

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