Noun: conversion hysteria kun'vur-zhun hi'steer-ee-u
- 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 hysteria";
- conversion disorder, conversion reaction
Derived forms: conversion hysterias
Type of: disturbance, folie [archaic], mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder
Encyclopedia: Conversion hysteria