different between psychosomatic vs somatize

psychosomatic

English

Etymology

psycho- +? somatic

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?sa?k??s??mæt?k/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?sa?ko?s??mæd?k/

Adjective

psychosomatic (comparative more psychosomatic, superlative most psychosomatic)

  1. (now rare) Pertaining to both the mind and the body.
  2. (medicine, psychology) Pertaining to physical diseases, symptoms etc. which have mental causes.

Translations

See also

  • somatoform

Anagrams

  • somatopsychic

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somatize

English

Alternative forms

  • somatise

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).
    • 1988, Edmund White, The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, 1994, Chapter Six,
      [] I don’t feel anything, naturally, since I’ve somatized the anxiety.”

Anagrams

  • atomizes

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