CLAVUS HYSTERICUS
\klˈavəs hˈɪstəɹˌɪkəs], \klˈavəs hˈɪstəɹˌɪkəs], \k_l_ˈa_v_ə_s h_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_k_ə_s]\
Definitions of CLAVUS HYSTERICUS
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
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An acute pain, confined to a small point of the head, described by the sick as resembling that which would be produced by a nail driven into the head. It has been particularly noticed in hysterical females ;-hence its name. It is called Ovum hyster'icum, when the pain occupies a greater extent.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
