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somatization disorder
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noun
a mental illness, usually beginning before age 20, characterized by multiple physical complaints for which no physical causes can be found and often leading to unnecessary treatment or surgery and to severe disability.
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Words nearby somatization disorder
somaticize, somatic mutation, somatic nervous system, somatic therapy, somatist, somatization disorder, somato-, somatoform, somatogenic, somatology, somatomedin
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