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somatization

noun/ˌsəʊmətaɪˈzeɪʃən/

C2CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The expression of psychological distress as physical bodily symptoms.

The GP considered somatization once cardiac and gastrointestinal causes had been excluded.

Topic: Clinical consultation in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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