somatic symptom disorder (English, noun)
expansion: somatic symptom disorder (countable and uncountable, plural somatic symptom disorders)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Extreme anxiety concerning physical symptoms.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: 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.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: somatic symptom disorders
tags: plural