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Conversion disorder Moderate

Conversion disorder has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)

2

A condition where the patient has neurological symptoms such as numbness, blindness, paralysis, or fits, but without any neurological explanation.

See Also
la belle indifference paralysis blindness fit numbness explanation neurological patient
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
mental disorder
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
glove anesthesia
Rhyming Words
der ider oder eder cder hoder alder nader under udder loder inder seder wider moder coder order cnder odder cyder
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