psychosomatic

psy·cho·so·mat·ic

adjective \-sə-ˈma-tik\

Definition of PSYCHOSOMATIC

1

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

2

: 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

Examples of PSYCHOSOMATIC

1. The doctor told her that her stomach problems were psychosomatic.

Origin of PSYCHOSOMATIC

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use: 1863

Other Psychology Terms

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