psychosomatic

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  1. adjective Of or relating to a disorder having physical symptoms but originating from mental or emotional causes.
  2. adjective Relating to or concerned with the influence of the mind on the body, and the body on the mind, especially with respect to disease: psychosomatic medicine.

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  • He had gone on at some length, pointing out that he was hardly expected to know the details of Garthian genetics; diagnosing the sudden lack of pregnancies in the regions he'd been preaching to as a psychosomatic, to be combated by closer adherence to the principles of private, proper procreative practices; and denouncing any theories that might be advanced by anyone of loose morals, such as hereditary-bridgetenders. —  Analog May, 1971
  • They said her allergies were psychosomatic, a nervous tick. —  FSF,September2004
  • This dude had the nerve to tell me my whole problem is "psychosomatic." —  CounterPunch
  • I'm sorry, but as a psychosomatic, I really must decline your relentless, unvoiced pleas for help. —  CounterPunch
  • Critics of Scientology have long known that the pseudo-religion, based on Hubbard's Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, discourages adherents from seeking medical help for problems they deem "psychosomatic." —  Religion News Blog
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  1. from Greek ψυχή, soul, mind, + σῶμα, body: see somatic.
 

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