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physioneurosis

physioneurosis noun: the somatic component of a psychosomatic ailment.

Noun

physioneurosis (countable and uncountable, plural physioneuroses)

  1. The somatic component of a psychosomatic ailment.

Antonyms of physioneurosis

Forms of physioneurosis

pluralphysioneuroses

Origin of physioneurosis

Coined by Abram Kardiner in the 1940s in an effort to replace actual neurosis, a literal translation of German Aktualneurose in Freud's work.

Questions about physioneurosis

What does physioneurosis mean?
Physioneurosis means the somatic component of a psychosomatic ailment.
What part of speech is physioneurosis?
Physioneurosis is a noun.
What is the plural of physioneurosis?
The plural of physioneurosis is physioneuroses.

Words near physioneurosis in the dictionary

  1. physiometabolic
  2. physiometric
  3. physiometry
  4. physiomimetic
  5. physioneuroses
  6. physioneurosis
  7. physionotrace
  8. physionotraces
  9. physiopathogenesis
  10. physiopathogenic
  11. physiopathogeny

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