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somatize verb[ I or T ] psychology, medical specialized(UK usuallysomatise)uk /ˈsəʊ.mə.taɪz/ us /ˈsoʊ.mə.taɪz/ to experience problems that are psychological(= relating to the mind) in a physical way, for example as pain or tiredness: 躯体化(在精神病学上指精神的问题转变为身体的症状) Many patients who somatize are not consciously aware of the problem.许多躯体化的患者没有意识到自己患有这种疾病。 Psychosomatic diseases may happen when someone somatizes his or her negative emotions.当某人将自己的负面情绪躯体化时,可能会导致躯体化精神病。 Patients who somatize seem to represent a sizeable population in general medical clinics. We may use parts of our bodies to somatise this distress. Somatizing psychological stress was also once common in western communities. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Mental illnesses ad adjustment disorder age-associated memory impairment anhedonia anorectic exhibitionistic exhibitionistically false memory firebug generalized anxiety disorder manic depression melancholia mental handicap neurotic postnatal psychosis postpartum depression postpartum psychosis PPD progressive simultanagnosia schizophrenic |