PSYCHOSOMATIC

psychosomatic

(adjective) used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

psychosomatic (comparative more psychosomatic, superlative most psychosomatic)

(now rare) Pertaining to both the mind and the body.

(medicine, psychology) Pertaining to physical diseases, symptoms etc. which have mental causes.

Anagrams

• somatopsychic

Source: Wiktionary



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