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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, involving, or resulting from the interrelationship between one's physical health and the state of one's mind or spirit.

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  • adjective philosophy Describing the physical action of the mind on the body, especially the mode in which a thought can cause an action
  • adjective medicine Describing the interrelationship between physical and mental health

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Examples

  • This ancient paradox—it's known as the mind-body problem—has long perplexed philosophers.

    The Yogurt Made Me Do It Jonah Lehrer 2011

  • That 16th century French philosopher asserted that the mind and body, the "thinking machine" and the "doing machine," occupy separate spheres, a belief now called "mind-body dualism."

    David Kirp: Is Michelle Rhee a 16th Century Throwback? David Kirp 2011

  • That 16th century French philosopher asserted that the mind and body, the "thinking machine" and the "doing machine," occupy separate spheres, a belief now called "mind-body dualism."

    David Kirp: Is Michelle Rhee a 16th Century Throwback? David Kirp 2011

  • When I occasionally achieve what some instructors call the mind-body connection, I close my eyes and find myself drifting away from the everyday worries of life.

    CSS: Shaping the New You Jack Canfield 2010

  • When I occasionally achieve what some instructors call the mind-body connection, I close my eyes and find myself drifting away from the everyday worries of life.

    CSS: Shaping the New You Jack Canfield 2010

  • That problem is as insoluble as the so-called mind-body problem that goes along with it.

    The Angels and Us Mortimer J. Adler 1982

  • This view famously leads to the difficult question of how these different substances could interact, known as the "mind-body problem".

    The Guardian World News Clare Carlisle 2011

  • But a huge mystery, known as the mind-body problem, is being begged.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Deepak Chopra 2011

  • I had been educated to believe that spiritual healing was either a myth, a lie, or the result of mind-body placebo effects.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

  • If you are a skeptic and/or a conventional psychologist, you will presume that what I experienced was either a rare chance event and/or some sort of double-placebo mind-body effect.

    The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011

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