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disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Absolutely. Hystéra is Latin for uterus. Hysteria, or the “roaming uteri” theory was a successor to Plato’s theory of hysterical suffocation. They believed that the uterus could migrate around the body, placing pressure on internal organs.

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roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
When pregnant that’s a pretty good explanation of what it does though. Uterus just tells everybody up to the diaphragm to get outta the fucking way.

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KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Greek, not latin

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- disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Duh. Uterus is uterus in Latin. Thanks. I’ll edit for clarity.
  
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  - KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I had to look it up myself lol
    
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    disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I couldn’t remember the spelling of the Greek word, so I looked it up yesterday for that comment. I searched “Greek word for uterus” and then wrote Latin in the comment like a dingus.
    
    Latin word that end in “us” are pluralized with an “i.”
    
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