somaticize

[ suh-mat-uh-sahyz, soh-muh-tuh- ]
/ səˈmæt əˌsaɪz, ˈsoʊ mə tə- /

verb (used with object), so·mat·i·cized, so·mat·i·ciz·ing. Psychiatry.

to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.
Also especially British, so·mat·i·cise.

Origin of somaticize

somatic + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM somaticize

so·mat·i·za·tion [suh-mat-uh-zey-shuh n, soh-muh-tuh-] /səˌmæt əˈzeɪ ʃən, ˌsoʊ mə tə-/, noun

Words nearby somaticize

somatic nervous system, somatic reproduction, somatic sensory cortex, somatic swallow, somatic therapy, somaticize, somatist, somatization, somatization disorder, somato-, somatochrome

Medical definitions for somatization

somatization
[ sō′mə-tĭ-zā′shən ]

n.

In psychiatry, the conversion of anxiety into physical symptoms.