Meanings
plural conversion disorders
- countabledateduncountablehuman sciencesA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 轉化症 /转化症, 轉換障礙 /转换障碍
- 轉化症 /转化症 (zhuǎnhuàzhèng)condition
- 轉換障礙 /转换障碍 (zhuǎnhuàn zhàng'ài)condition
Dutch conversiestoornis
- conversiestoorniscondition
Finnish konversiohäiriö, dissosiaatiohäiriö
- konversiohäiriöcondition
- dissosiaatiohäiriöcondition
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conversion disorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conversion%20disorder
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