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Reaction
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Reaction
A decline in prices following an advance. Opposite of rally.
reaction
A decline in security prices following a period of rising security prices.
Reaction
A decrease in price following an increase in price. A reaction connotes a slow decline; it is the opposite of a recovery.


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The illness known as hysteria, sometimes called a conversion reaction, occurs when someone (who mayor may not be normally "highstrung") reacts to severe stress by developing physical symptoms that cannot be traced to physical factors.
Hysteria-Diseases by Robert Baird / Health, general community
She was again diagnosed with CVA versus a conversion reaction disorder and transferred to the Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, a psychiatric facility.
PA: failures to diagnose post partum CVA new trial ordered for victim ... by Tammelleo, A. David / Medical Law's Regan Report
Pseudoseizures have also been known as hysterical seizures, hysterical epilepsy, and conversion reactions.
A case of pseudoseizures by Haines, J.D. / Southern Medical Journal
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