somatotherapy

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noun

The treatment of mental illness by physical means rather than psychotherapy.

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Meanings

nounsomatotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural somatotherapies)

plural somatotherapies

  1. countableuncountableThe treatment of mental illness by physical means rather than psychotherapy.

Origin

From somato- + therapy.

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APA

somatotherapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatotherapy

MLA

“somatotherapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatotherapy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somatotherapy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatotherapy.

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