Etymology

telesomatic

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Today it means: Relating to physical sensations or symptoms that are shared by people who are distant from each other, as if by some kind of telepathy. Full definition →

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The story

From tele- + somatic, coined in 1967 by neurologist Berthold E. Schwarz to describe events he observed in the lives of his patients.

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