Vocabulary : Hyssop to Hysterogenic
Hyssop : A plant (Hyssopus officinalis). The leaves have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste.Hysteranthous : Having the leaves expand after the flowers have opened.
Hysteresis : A lagging or retardation of the effect, when the forces acting upon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal friction; a temporary resistance to change from a condition previously induced, observed in magnetism, thermoelectricity, etc., on reversal of polarity.
Hysteretic : Of or pert. to hysteresis.
Hysteria : 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 patient loses control over the emotions, becomes the victim of imaginary sensations, and often falls into paroxism or fits.
