psychosomatic
UK/ˌsaɪkəʊsəˈmætɪk//ˌsaɪkoʊsəˈmædɪk/
psychosomatic adjective: pertaining to physical diseases, symptoms, etc. which have mental causes.
Adjective
psychosomatic (comparative more psychosomatic, superlative most psychosomatic)
- Pertaining to physical diseases, symptoms, etc. which have mental causes.
- Even the “unconscious” frequently prefers physical problems to psychological ones as suggested by the prevalence of psychosomatic ailments: physical symptoms--for example, stomach aches--caused by an emotional problem. It has been estimated that more than 50% of a physicians’ practice involves the...2000 May 28, Peter Wolson, “A World of Psychophobia”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 10 May 2025
- Pertaining to both the mind and the body.
psychosomatic meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Indonesian
psychosomatic in Tamil
- உள உடலிய, உளஉடல்
psychosomatic in Malayalam
- irrational, (all) in the mind, psychological
- മാനസികസംഘർഷം മൂലം ഉന്മാദാവസ്ഥയിലായ, വെെകാരിക, മാനസിക, വികാരപരമായ, അടിസ്ഥാനരഹിതമായ, യുക്തിവിരുദ്ധമായ
psychosomatic in Kannada
- ಮನೋದೈಹಿಕ, ಮಾನಸಿಕ ಕಾರಣಗಳಿಂದ ಶರೀರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈದೋರಿರುವ
psychosomatic in Indonesian
- of physical effects with mental causes
- psikosomatis
Forms of psychosomatic
| comparative | more psychosomatic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most psychosomatic |
Origin of psychosomatic
From psycho- + somatic.
Words formed from psychosomatic
Words that rhyme with psychosomatic
- automatic
- chromatic
- emphatic
- static
- systematic
- idiomatic
- attic
- hexachromatic
- thematic
- aromatic
- democratic
- hepatic
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- lymphatic
- schematic
- adiabatic
- aristocratic
- asymptomatic
- athematic
- autocratic
- axiomatic
- chiasmatic
- erratic
- fanatic
- fluorochromatic
- interchromatic
- phlegmatic
- prismatic
- quadchromatic
- rheumatic
- sciatic
- stromatic
- aerobatic
- altermatic
- aposematic
- asthmatic
- bathochromatic
- bizygomatic
- bureaucratic
- chorochromatic
- chromocratic
- circumzygomatic
- coccochromatic
- curatic
- diabatic
- dyschromatic
- endolymphatic
- episematic
- epistatic
- frontozygomatic
- glymphatic
- goniochromatic
- graphematic
- herostratic
- hydroinformatic
- idiosyncratic
- immunochromatic
- infrazygomatic
- interzygomatic
- katabatic
- kinechromatic
Questions about psychosomatic
- What does psychosomatic mean?
- Psychosomatic means pertaining to physical diseases, symptoms, etc. which have mental causes.
- What is psychosomatic in Tamil?
- Psychosomatic in Tamil is உள உடலிய, உளஉடல். See Psychosomatic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is psychosomatic?
- Psychosomatic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce psychosomatic?
- Psychosomatic is pronounced /ˌsaɪkəʊsəˈmætɪk/ (UK).
Words near psychosomatic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: psychosomatic (page history and authors); psychosomatic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); psychosomatic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); psychosomatic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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