b.the influence of the mind on the body
Psychosomatic vomiting occurs due to a psychiatric condition. Stress, depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses/ afflictions can show their symptoms through the body in the form of pain, tight muscles, nausea/ vomiting, headaches, etc. the word psychosomatic means "psycho"= mind, and "somatic"= body. This acknowledges the link between how things in our mind affect how our body feels and functions.
psychosomatic medicine
the word tetrad means four
It's a Greek word meaning "middle"
No such word in English.
The meaning of the word psychosomatic implies
Psychomatic is not a word, but psychosomatic is. If something is said to be psychosomatic, its cause is mental rather than physical. Psychosomatic illnesses can also be caused by emotional issues.
to add to an information
The meaning that a word suggests or implies
I believe that the pain from which my father suffered in his last years was psychosomatic.
Psychosomatic < Psyche (=soul) + soma (=body)see also psychology, psychiatry / chromosome, ribosome
Yes, the denotation of a word is the specific meaning of the word. It is in contrast to the connotation of a word which is all the things the word suggests or implies.
Irony or sarcasm.Verbal irony
Verbal irony is when someone says something but means the opposite, often to convey sarcasm or humor. It involves a contrast between the literal meaning of the words spoken and the intended meaning.
The second Greek root of the word "psychosomatic" is "soma," which means body. Together with "psyche," which means mind, "psychosomatic" refers to the interconnection between the mind and body in relation to physical symptoms arising from psychological factors.
a word or phrase is used in a way that implies the opposite of the literal meaning.
"Her red rash was a psychosomatic response to the stress we were all under." The actual word means a physical condition or expression that is created through a mental or emotional process.