Hysterogenic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hysterogenic \Hys`ter*o*gen"ic\, a. [Hysteria + root of Gr. ? to
     be born.] (Physiol.)
     Producing hysteria; as, the hysterogenicpressure points on
     the surface of the body, pressure upon which is said both to
     produce and arrest an attack of hysteria. --De Watteville.
     [1913 Webster]