Noun: conversion disorder
- A mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anaesthesia having no apparent cause)
"The patient's sudden inability to speak, despite no physical cause, was diagnosed as a conversion disorder";
- conversion reaction, conversion hysteria
Derived forms: conversion disorders
Type of: disturbance, folie [archaic], mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder
Encyclopedia: Conversion disorder