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Definition of Conversion disorder
1. Noun. A mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause).
Generic synonyms: Disturbance, Folie, Mental Disorder, Mental Disturbance, Psychological Disorder
Specialized synonyms: Glove Anesthesia
Definition of Conversion disorder
1. Noun. A condition where the patient has neurological symptoms such as numbness, blindness, paralysis, or fits, but without any neurological explanation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Conversion disorder
1. A disorder whose predominant feature is a loss or alteration in physical functioning that suggests a physical disorder but that is actually a direct expression of a psychological conflict or need. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conversion Disorder
Literary usage of Conversion disorder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Somatization Disorder in the Medical Settingby G. Richard Smith, Jr., DIANE Publishing Company by G. Richard Smith, Jr., DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"conversion disorder Diagnosis conversion disorder is a psychiatric ... Conversion
disorder is simply the diagnosis made when a coi symptom is present. ..."
2. A Text book of the principles of osteopathy by Guy Dudley Hulett (1903)
"... proper conversion, disorder must result. In the former the fault lies with
the environment and is a cause of disease which we have in another section ..."
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