English Explanatory Dictionary

somatic symptom disorder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Extreme anxiety concerning physical symptoms.
  2. Any mental disorder that manifests as physical symptoms that suggest illness or injury, but cannot be explained fully by a general medical condition or by the direct effect of a substance, and are not attributable to another mental disorder.

Word forms

somatic symptom disorder somatic symptom disorders

Synonyms

somatoform disorder
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