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Definition: Psychosomatic |
PsychosomaticAdjective1. Used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "psychosomatic" was first used: 1863. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Pertaining to the mind-body relationship; having bodily symptoms of psychic, emotional, or mental origin; called also psychophysiologic. (references) |
Medicine | Pertaining to the body-mind relationship. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Psychosomatic |
| Specialty definitions using "psychosomatic": aeroneurosis, air neurosis. (references) |
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| "Psychosomatic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.92% of the time. "Psychosomatic" is used about 93 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.92% | 92 | 34,282 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.08% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 93 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "psychosomatic": psychosomatic disorder ♦ Psychosomatic Medicine. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
psychosomatic | 52 |
psychosomatic illness | 21 |
psychosomatic medicine | 18 |
disorder psychosomatic | 15 |
journal psychosomatic research | 7 |
psychosomatic symptom | 5 |
pain psychosomatic | 5 |
disease psychosomatic | 4 |
academy medicine psychosomatic | 4 |
journal medicine psychosomatic | 4 |
alopecia psychosomatic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "psychosomatic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | psikosomatik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نفسي (myself, psychic, psychological, self), سيكوسوماتي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | психосоматичен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 心"病. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | psychosomatický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | psykosomatisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | psychosomatisch, psychophysisch, psychofysisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | psychosomatique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | psychosomatisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ψυχοσωματικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פסיכומטי, פשי 'ופ י. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pszichoszomatikus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | psicosomatico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 心身症 (psychosomatic illness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | し"し"しょう (psychosomatic illness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 체. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aigney-gientit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ychosomaticpsay psicossomático, psicossomático, psico-somático. (various references) психосоматический. (various references) psihosomatski. (various references) psicosomático. (various references) psykosomatisk. (various references) psikosomatik, psikolojik kaynaklı. (various references) психосоматичний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | psykhe-. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "psychosomatic": psychosomatically, psychosomatics. (additional references) | |
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"Psychosomatic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: psychosamatic, psychosematic, psychosmatic, psychosomatia, psychosymatic, psycosomatic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "psychosomatic" (pronounced sīkō'suma"tik) |
| 6 | -u m a" t i k | aromatic, asymptomatic, automatic, axiomatic, cinematic, diagrammatic, diplomatic, dramatic, emblematic, idiomatic, mathematic, melodramatic, problematic, programmatic, schematic, semiautomatic, symptomatic, systematic, undiplomatic. |
| 5 | -m a" t i k | asthmatic, charismatic, climatic, dogmatic, enigmatic, enzymatic, monochromatic, numismatic, pneumatic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, rheumatic, thematic, traumatic. |
| 4 | -a" t i k | acrobatic, aerobatic, aristocratic, attic, autocratic, bureaucratic, democratic, ecstatic, electrostatic, emphatic, erratic, fanatic, hepatic, homeostatic, idiosyncratic, lymphatic, operatic, pancreatic, phosphatic, prostatic, static, technocratic, theocratic, undemocratic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acoustic, aesthetic, agnostic, alphabetic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, anesthetic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, arithmetic, arthritic, artistic, ascetic, astronautic, atavistic, atheistic, athletic, authentic, autistic, ballistic, bombastic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, climactic, coloristic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diabetic, diagnostic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diuretic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, elastic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, emetic, empathetic, energetic, enthusiastic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fantastic, fatalistic, ferromagnetic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, futuristic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homiletic, humanistic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, magnetic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mechanistic, militaristic, monastic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, oligopolistic, onomastic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pantheistic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, paternalistic, pathetic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, pessimistic, phonetic, plastic, pluralistic, poetic, polytheistic, porphyritic, primitivistic, propagandistic, prophetic, prophylactic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, scholastic, semantic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, synergistic, synthetic, tactic, terroristic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, unsympathetic, voyeuristic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-h-i-m-o-o-p-s-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: scyphistoma. | |
-3 letters: psychotics, sociopaths, sociopathy, stomachics. | |
-4 letters: masochist, myopathic, psychotic, scotopias, sociopath, spiccatos, stomachic, yahooisms. | |
-5 letters: apomicts, chamisos, chymists, cocomats, cocoyams, compacts, composts, copycats, copyists, impastos, isopachs, isotachs, massicot, mispatch, myosotis, oophytic, picachos, potassic, psychics, scampish, scotomas, scotopia, scotopic, shampoos, soothsay, spiccato, stomachs, stomachy, symposia, tachisms, toyshops, yahooism. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-h-i-m-o-o-p-s-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: psychosomatics. | |
+4 letters: psychosomatically. | |
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