psychosomatic

adjective psy·cho·so·mat·ic \-sə-ˈma-tik\

: caused by mental or emotional problems rather than by physical illness

Full Definition of PSYCHOSOMATIC

: of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body <the psychosomatic nature of man — Herbert Ratner>

: of, relating to, involving, or concerned with bodily symptoms caused by mental or emotional disturbance <psychosomatic symptoms> <psychosomatic medicine>

— psy·cho·so·mat·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

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Origin of PSYCHOSOMATIC

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use: 1863

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fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with PSYCHOSOMATIC

adiabatic, aristocratic, asymptomatic, axiomatic, diagrammatic, electrostatic, epigrammatic, gerontocratic, homeostatic, idiomatic, melodramatic, meritocratic, monochromatic, paradigmatic, physiocratic, psychodramatic, soap-operatic, undemocratic, undiplomatic

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