1. serving to prevent, reduce, or counteract hysteria or hysterical symptoms
Usage: medical/historical; now largely archaic; replaced by modern psychiatric terminology

1. a substance or treatment used to prevent or alleviate hysteria
Usage: medical/historical; now largely archaic; replaced by modern psychiatric medications

Examples

• Nineteenth-century physicians prescribed antihysteric remedies to calm their female patients.
• The antihysteric properties of certain herbs were widely believed in Victorian medicine.
• Modern psychiatry has abandoned the concept of antihysteric treatments in favor of evidence-based therapies.
• An antihysteric was thought to restore emotional balance and composure.
• The doctor recommended an antihysteric tonic as a standard treatment for nervous conditions.