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psychosomatic

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌsaɪkəʊsəˈmætɪk/
  • US: /ˌsaɪkoʊsəˈmædɪk/
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  • rhymes with -ætɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: S AY0 K OW2 S AH0 M AE1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to both the mind and the body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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adj

Meaning 2

Pertaining to physical diseases, symptoms etc. which have mental causes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences

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3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Proto-Indo-European *tewh2- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikós)der. English somatic English psychosomatic From psycho- + somatic.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: psicosomàtic — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心理作用引起的 (xīnlǐ zuòyòng yǐnqǐ de) — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 身心 (shēn-xīn) — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Czech: psychosomatický — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Danish: psykosomatisk — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Dutch: psychosomatisch — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Esperanto: psiĥosomata — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Esperanto: psikosomata — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Estonian: psühhosomaatiline — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Finnish: psykosomaattinen — of physical effects with mental causes
  • French: psychosomatique — of physical effects with mental causes
  • German: psychosomatisch — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Greek: ψυχοσωματικός (psychosomatikós) — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Hungarian: pszichoszomatikus — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Icelandic: geðvefrænn — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Indonesian: psikosomatis — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Italian: psicosomatico — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Japanese: 心身 (shinshin) — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Macedonian: психосоматски (psihosomatski) — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Norwegian: psykosomatisk — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Polish: psychosomatyczny — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Portuguese: psicossomático — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Russian: психосомати́ческий (psixosomatíčeskij) — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Serbo-Croatian: психосоматски — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Spanish: psicosomático — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Swedish: psykosomatisk — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Turkish: psikosomatik — of physical effects with mental causes
  • Ukrainian: психосомати́чний (psyxosomatýčnyj) — of physical effects with mental causes