somatotherapy

[ sō-măt′ə-thĕr′ə-pē, sō′mə-tə- ]

n.

Therapy directed at bodily or physical disorders.

Therapy employing chemical or physical methods, especially the treatment of mental illness by such means as drugs, shock therapy, and lobotomy.

Nearby words

somatosensory, somatosensory cortex, somatosexual, somatostatin, somatostatinoma, somatotherapy, somatotonia, somatotopagnosis, somatotopy, somatotroph, somatotrophin

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