Somatize
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Full definition of somatize
Verb
- (transitive) To express (a psychological process) through physical symptoms such as pain or anxiety; to have a psychosomatic reaction to (e.g. a situation).
- 1988, Edmund White, The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, 1994, Chapter Six,“... I don’t feel anything, naturally, since I’ve somatized the anxiety.â€