A.suffering in the womb, hysterical, Hp.Prorrh.1.119, Arist.GA776a10; “ὑ. πνίξ” passio hysterica, hysterics, Sor.2.26. Gal.11.47; also in pl., Id.14.181; so τὰ ὑστερικά (sc. πάθη) Hp.Aph.5.35. Adv. “-κῶς, πνιγόμεναι” Dsc.2.8.
2. of or belonging to the womb, “σκληρύσματα” Hp.Coac.517; ὑμένες, πόρος, Arist.GA717a5, 720b31; σπερμάτια remedial for the womb, Hp.Mul. 1.45.