| NOUN | state | conversion reaction, conversion disorder, 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 disorder, 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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