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psychosomatic

Definition

  • adjective: caused by mental or emotional problems rather than by physical illness
  • adjective: of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body
  • synonyms: neurotic, psychoneurotic

Examples

  • The doctor told her that her stomach problems were 'psychosomatic'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) C-C spinal cord injury? Oh, I didn't correct it. He couldn't walk; I convinced him that he could. You're not suggesting it was psychosomatic? When you reattach a severed nerve, is it you who heals it back together or the body? - It's the cells. And the cells are (..)
    2016 Doctor Strange