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conversion disorder

DEFINITIONS OF: conversion disorder

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n a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)

Synonyms:
conversion hysteria, conversion reaction
Types:
glove anesthesia
a mental disorder involving loss of sensitivity in the hand and wrist
Type of:
disturbance, folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
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