Greek, not latin
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disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 5 months agoAbsolutely. 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.
KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Duh. Uterus is uterus in Latin. Thanks. I’ll edit for clarity.
KillingAndKindess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
I had to look it up myself lol
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 5 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.”
roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 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.