English Explanatory Dictionary

physioneurosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The somatic component of a psychosomatic ailment.

Word forms

physioneurosis physioneuroses

Etymology

Coined by Abram Kardiner in the 1940s in an effort to replace actual neurosis, a literal translation of German Aktualneurose in Freud's work.

Antonyms

psychoneurosis
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