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To: IronJack

Actually hysterectomy comes from hysteria as if removing a woman’s hormone-producing organs would calm her down.


76 posted on 10/05/2018 7:31:58 AM PDT by webheart (Grammar police on the scene.)
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To: webheart

Both derive from the Latin root “hystericus,” which was coined to describe a medical condition of extreme agitation often associated with women.


93 posted on 10/05/2018 11:45:24 AM PDT by IronJack
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