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Looking around I felt a small measure of relief that K and I were the only ones in the math hall, and then I had to choke back what I knew was hysterical laughter.†
Chpt 1 *

hysterical = exceedingly funny (resulting in uncontrollable laughter); or exhibiting excessive, uncontrollable emotion
All this whirled through my mind while I felt another little hysterical bubble of laughter try to escape from my throat, and was almost thankful when it came out as a cough instead.†
Chpt 1
Through the too thin walls I could hear her making a hysterical call to John.†
Chpt 2
She was going to play Hurt Hysterical Mother.†
Chpt 3
So I sat on my bed and coughed while I listened to my mom making a frantic call to our shrink's emergency line, followed quickly by another equally hysterical call that would activate the dreaded People of Faith prayer tree.†
Chpt 4

Definitions:

(1) (hysteria)
a state of excessive, uncontrollable emotion

In addition to being the adjective form of hysteria, the form hysterical can also indicate that something is exceedingly funny (leading to uncontrollable laughter)
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)