glove anesthesia

/gləv ˈænəsˌθiʒə/
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Definitions of glove anesthesia
  1. noun
    a mental disorder involving loss of sensitivity in the hand and wrist
    “since no combination of nerves serve this area a glove anesthesia is clearly psychogenic in origin”
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    type of:
    conversion disorder, conversion hysteria, conversion reaction
    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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