somatise

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A form of somatize — To express (a psychological process) through physical symptoms such as pain or anxiety; to have a psychosomatic reaction to (e.g. a situation).

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbsomatise (third-person singular simple present somatises, present participle somatising, simple past and past participle somatised)

present singular third person somatises · participle present somatising · participle past somatised · past somatised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of somatize.
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