NOUN | state | conversion disorder, conversion reaction, conversion hysteria | a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause) |
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Meaning | A mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause). | |
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Synonyms | conversion reaction, conversion hysteria | |
Narrower | glove anesthesia | A mental disorder involving loss of sensitivity in the hand and wrist |
Broader | mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folie | (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion |
Spanish | histeria de conversión |
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