癔病

yìbìng
noun #35,849

Meanings

  1. 1 hysteria
  2. 2 conversion disorder

Examples

Yīshēng zhěnduàn tā huànyǒu yìbìng.
The doctor diagnosed her with hysteria.
Yìbìng fāzuò shí, huànzhě kěnéng tūrán shīqù shuōhuà de nénglì.
During a hysterical episode, the patient may suddenly lose the ability to speak.

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Medical/clinical term — equivalent to the older Western diagnosis 'hysteria' or modern 'conversion disorder'. Modern Chinese psychiatry increasingly uses 转换障碍 zhuǎnhuàn zhàng'ài. Don't confuse with the colloquial 歇斯底里 xiēsīdǐlǐ ('hysterical' as in over-emotional).

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