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somaticize

American  
[suh-mat-uh-sahyz, soh-muh-tuh-] / səˈmæt əˌsaɪz, ˈsoʊ mə tə- /
especially British, somaticise

verb (used with object)

Psychiatry.
somaticized, somaticizing

  1. to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.

Other Word Forms

  • somatization noun

Etymology

Origin of somaticize

somatic + -ize

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