- a disorder in which severe physical symptoms such as blindness or paralysis appear with no apparent physical cause
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conver′sion disor′der, [Psychiatry.]
- Psychiatrya mental disorder in which physical symptoms, as paralysis or blindness, occur without apparent physical cause and instead appear to result from psychological conflict or need. Also called conver′sion hyste′ria.
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conversion disorder n
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