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,
- somatotonia,
- somatotopagnosis,
- somatotopy,
- somatotroph,
- somatotrophin
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