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Adjective: psychosomatic  ,sI-kow-sow'ma-tik or ,sI-kow-su'ma-tik
  1. Used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis
    "Disturbances in which emotional maladjustment leads to chronic dysfunction in some organ system are nowadays referred to as psychosomatic disorders"

See also: neurotic, psychoneurotic

Encyclopedia: Psychosomatic