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Definition of Conversion reaction
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
Medical Definition of Conversion reaction
1. A conversion of emotional stress or mental disturbance into a physical symptom. Examples include paralysis, blindness, inability to speak or another sudden debilitating problem for no reason evident through testing. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conversion Reaction
Literary usage of Conversion reaction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"In the hysterical neurosis, or conversion reaction, anxiety is "converted" into
functional symptoms of the special senses or voluntary nervous system rather ..."
2. A Text-book of Ordnance and Gunnery: Prepared for the Use of Cadets of the U by Lawrence Laurenson Bruff (1896)
"If frozen, it may also be detonated, but the action is generally less violent,
owing to incomplete conversion. Reaction.—The reaction on explosion is 2C ..."
3. Biotechnology of Algae: A Bibliography by Virginia Stone (1994)
"... to be transported through the microbial cell walls and that the conversion
reaction takes place with first-order kinetics within the microbial cells. ..."
4. Increasing the Efficiency of Ethanol Production Through the Use of a by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... the enzyme added to a 90% conversion reaction mixture during the fouling study,
the enzyme mixed with 30% LS, and the enzyme in an actual CMR reaction ..."
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