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somatic symptom disorder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables
so-mat-ic symp-tom dis-or-der
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Extreme anxiety concerning physical symptoms.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

somatic symptom disorders (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

illness anxiety disorder

Synonyms

somatoform disorder

Questions

What does somatic symptom disorder mean?
Extreme anxiety concerning physical symptoms.

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