a psychogenic disorder wherein there's a noticeable lack of functioning on behalf of the muscles of an appendage or bodily part and wherein no neurologic derivative can be found.
CONVERSION SEIZURE, CONVERSION PARALYSIS: "Tom and Jennifer struggled to grasp the concept that their child would forever face conversion paralysis."
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