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> There still must be a phrase for 'male hysteria' that is not built on the
> etymology of Greek wombs! Precluding the males among this executive branch
> are not endowed with physical assets which are not self-evident!
>
> Stephen V

Though still linked to a gynaecological reference, we have this
self-description of a self-deposed COE of England:

KING LEAR
O, how this mother swells up toward my heart!
Hysterica passio, down, thou climbing sorrow,
Thy element's below!

(II, iv)

R.