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His group helped dispel the notion that NCGS was purely psychosomatic. — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, "What’s really behind ‘gluten sensitivity’?," 23 May 2018 Federal prosecutors countered by stating that Beal had suffered a psychosomatic hallucination in 2004 and could not be trusted, even under electronic monitoring. — Cindy Carcamo, latimes.com, "Ex-boyfriend of woman killed in Aliso Viejo explosion to remain behind bars," 21 May 2018 Religion, cultural differences, and psychosomatic phenomena are all at play as Ortega’s defense argues that the killer was criminally insane. — Maureen O'connor, The Cut, "A Crucial Question at the Nanny Trial: Is She Faking Her Hallucinations?," 28 Mar. 2018 People suffering from psychosomatic disorders develop physical symptoms with emotional causes such as stress and anxiety. — Nora Gámez Torres, miamiherald, "UM doctor who examined American diplomats in Havana: Symptoms are not caused by stress," 8 Feb. 2018 In the 19th century, migraine was considered to be a psychosomatic illness, along with other afflictions suffered principally by women. — R. Allan Purdy, Scientific American, "Can Anything Stop My Migraine?," 1 May 2017 Clinical psychologists Pauline Clance and Suzanne Ime coined the term imposter syndrome in 1978 when investigating these and other physical symptoms that stemmed from mental self-doubt as a psychosomatic pattern. — Anchorage Daily News, "Does your colleagues’ praise leave you feeling like a fraud? You may suffer from ‘imposter sydrome’," 23 Apr. 2018 Two women, a famous actress afflicted with a psychosomatic loss of speech (Liv Ullmann) and a garrulous nurse (Bibi Andersson)--share a remote seaside cottage where their identities overlap, blur and eventually merge. — Greg Burnett, cleveland.com, "7 classic Ingmar Bergman films to be screened at the Peter Lewis Theater," 4 Mar. 2018 Many also presented symptoms that lasted for months and were not psychosomatic, the doctors wrote. — Nora Gámez Torres, miamiherald, "Cuba shares plans for a single currency and more during a visit by U.S. lawmakers | Miami Herald," 21 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'psychosomatic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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