somatopsychosis

somatopsychosis

n.

1. a psychosis marked by delusions that involve the person’s body or body parts.

2. a psychosis that is due to a bodily (physical) disease. [defined by U.S. psychiatrist Elmer Ernest Southard (1876–1920)]

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