Medical Definition of Somatization

1. The process by which psychological needs are expressed in physical symptoms; e.g., the expression or conversion into physical symtoms of anxiety, or a wish for material gain associated with a legal action following and injury, or a related psychological need. See: somatization disorder. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Somatization

somatic nerve
somatic nucleus
somatic recombination
somatic reproduction
somatic sensation
somatic sense
somatic sensory cortex
somatic sensory system
somatic swallow
somatisation disorder
somatism
somatisms
somatist
somatist
somatists
somatization (current term)
somatization disorder
somato-
somatochrome
somatocrinin
somatocyst
somatoform disorder
somatoform disorders
somatoform pain
somatogenetic
somatogenic
somatogenic
somatoliberin
somatological
somatologies

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