Dictionary

somatic symptom disorder en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Extreme anxiety concerning physical symptoms.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any mental disorder that manifests as physical symptoms that suggest illness or injury, but cannot be explained fully by a general medical condition or by the direct effect of a substance, and are not attributable to another mental disorder.

Forms

Coordinates

illness anxiety disorder

Synonyms

somatoform disorder

Translations (2)

pl zaburzenia somatoformiczne (Physical symptoms that cannot be explained by a general medical condition) · de Somatoforme Störung (Physical symptoms that cannot be explained by a general medical condition)