psychophysiologic disorder

noun

any of a group of disorders, as tension headache, characterized by physical symptoms that are partly induced by emotional factors.

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Nearby words

psychopharmacotherapy, psychophysical, psychophysical parallelism, psychophysicist, psychophysics, psychophysiologic disorder, psychophysiological, psychophysiology, psychopomp, psychoprophylaxis, psychosensory

Origin of psychophysiologic disorder

First recorded in 1975–80

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Medicine definitions for psychophysiologic disorder

psychophysiologic disorder

[ sī′kō-fĭz′ē-ə-lŏj′ĭk ]

n.

psychosomatic disorder

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