Alternative form of hystero- (before a vowel)

(slang) A historical-romance novel with a focus on sex and violence.

plural of hysterical historical

(dated, psychiatry, psychology) A symptom of conversion disorder where the patient is unable to see.

(literature) A literary genre typified by a strong contrast between elaborately absurd prose, plotting, or characterization, on the one hand, and careful, detailed investigations of real, specific social phenomena on the other.

plural of hysterical blindness