The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hysteroepilepsy
Hysteroepilepsy \Hys`ter*o*ep"i*lep`sy\, n. [Hysteria + epilepsy.] (Med.) A disease resembling hysteria in its nature, and characterized by the occurrence of epileptiform convulsions, which can often be controlled or excited by pressure on the ovaries, and upon other definite points in the body. -- Hys`ter*o*ep`i*lep"tic, a.
Wiktionary
hysteroepilepsy
n. (context medicine dated English) A supposed illness, later identified as iatrogenic, resembling hysteria and characterized by epileptiform convulsions.