Hyster

Morpheme

Hyster

Type

bound base

Denotation

womb, female organ of gestation

Etymology

Ancient Greek hystérā

Evidence

antihysteric, gastrohysterotomy, hysteralgia, hysteranthous, hysterectomy, hysteresis, hysteria, hysteric, hysterical, hysterically, hysterics, hysteritis, hystero-, hysteroannessiectomy, hysterocatalepsy, hysterocele, hysterocleisis, hysterocystic, hysterodynamic, hysterodynia, hysteroepilepsy, hysterogenic, hysterogram, hysterography, hysteroid, hysterokinetic, hysterology, hysterolysis, hysteromania, hysteromaniac, hysteromyoma, hysteromyomectomy, hysteronotal, hysteropathy, hysteropexy, hysterophyte, hysteroplasty, hysterorrhaphy, hysterosalpingectomy, hysterosalpingogram, hysterosalpingography, hysterosalpingostomy, hysteroscope, hysteroscopic, hysteroscopy, hysterosis, hysterosonography, hysterospasm, hysterothecium, hysterotome, hysterotomy, hysterovideoscope, laparohysterosalpingooophorectomy

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable

Homographs

Hyster