Find the word definition

WordNet
conversion reaction

n. a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause) [syn: conversion disorder, conversion hysteria]

Usage examples of "conversion reaction".

The Chinese don't have a total-conversion reaction( Nobody has it, down here.

The glitch was that they still had to use present-day technology simply to move the ship around and to power the initial conversion reaction necessary to siphon away vacuum energy.