癔 (yì) - Hysteria — a psychological condition characterized by emotional & often used in medical contexts.

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yì ｜ 18 strokes ｜ radical:

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癔 · yì

Hysteria — a psychological condition characterized by emotional excitability, conversion symptoms, or dissociative states;

often used in medical contexts.

Hysteria — a psychological condition characterized by emotionaloften used in medical contexts.

Usage highlights

HysteriaHysterical illnessHysterical paralysisHysterical personalityHysterical attackMass hysteria

Synonyms

  • 歇斯底里— hysteria (transliteration of the English term)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • She was diagnosed with hysteria (癔症).
  • He suffered a hysterical attack (癔病发作).
  • The patient exhibited hysterical paralysis (癔症性瘫痪).
  • This is a case of mass hysteria (集体癔症).

Collocations

  • Hysteria(癔症)
  • Hysterical illness(癔病)
  • Hysterical paralysis(癔症性瘫痪)
  • Hysterical personality(癔症性人格)
  • Hysterical attack(癔症发作)
  • Mass hysteria(集体癔症)

Idioms

  • No specific idioms with 癔; it is primarily a medical term

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Historically associated with concepts of 'female hysteria' in Western medicine, though modern usage in Chinese medicine is gender-neutral.
  • In traditional Chinese medicine, similar symptoms might be attributed to imbalances in qi or emotional disturbances.
  • The character 癔 combines the sickness radical (疒) with 意 (meaning), suggesting a condition of the mind or intention.

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