(しんしんしょう)

しんしんしょう
noun
psychosomatic disorder
medicalhealth
1. psychosomatic disorder; stress-related physical illness
A physical condition whose onset or course is strongly affected by psychological factors such as stress. The symptoms are genuinely physical; it is the cause that is mental.
心身症(しんしんしょう)診断(しんだん)された
I was diagnosed with a psychosomatic disorder.
Severe stress can be a cause of psychosomatic illness.
My stomach kept hurting, but tests found nothing wrong, and the possibility of a psychosomatic disorder was raised.

Formed from 心身(しんしん) (mind and body) plus the suffix (しょう) (medical condition), as in 不眠症(ふみんしょう) (insomnia) and 花粉症(かふんしょう) (hay fever).

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