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somatizes

somatizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of somatize.

Meaning of somatize

Verb

somatize (third-person singular simple present somatizes, present participle somatizing, simple past and past participle somatized)

  1. (transitive) To express (a psychological process) through physical symptoms such as pain or anxiety; to have a psychosomatic reaction to (e.g. a situation).
    • “[…] I don’t feel anything, naturally, since I’ve somatized the anxiety.”1988, Edmund White, chapter 6, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994

Questions about somatizes

What is somatizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Somatizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of somatize.

Words near somatizes in the dictionary

  1. somatists
  2. somatization
  3. somatizations
  4. somatize
  5. somatized
  6. somatizes
  7. somatizing
  8. somato-
  9. somatoblast
  10. somatoblasts
  11. somatocentric

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