Psychosomatic Definition

sīkō-sō-mătĭk
adjective
Designating or of a disorder of the body originating in or aggravated by the psychic or emotional processes of the individual.
Webster's New World
Designating a system of medicine using a coordinated psychological and physiological approach to the study of the causes and treatment of psychosomatic disorders.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage Medicine
noun
An individual exhibiting a psychosomatic disorder.
Webster's New World

Origin of Psychosomatic

  • From psycho- + somatic.

    From Wiktionary

Psychosomatic Sentence Examples

  • Because both hypnotherapy and NLP work with the unconscious mind, then psychosomatic illnesses can be dealt with very quickly.

  • This was a placebo-controlled trial, showing that the effect of light therapy is not psychosomatic.

  • In those days asthma was considered to be an entirely psychosomatic illness.

  • According to the Academy for Psychosomatic Medicine, people with unresolved grief tend to be younger and have a higher likelihood of experiencing severe depression.

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