conversion disorder

English

Etymology

From conversion +‎ disorder.

Noun

conversion disorder (countable and uncountable, plural conversion disorders)

1. (psychiatry, neurology) A condition where the patient displays neurological symptoms such as numbness, blindness, paralysis, or fits, but without any neurological explanation, usually traced back to a psychological trigger.

Synonyms

• hysteria (informal)

Translations

condition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轉化症／转化症 (zhuǎnhuàzhèng), 轉換障礙／转换障碍 (zhuǎnhuàn zhàng'ài)

• Dutch: conversiestoornis (nl) f
• Finnish: konversiohäiriö, dissosiaatiohäiriö

Further reading

• conversion disorder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia