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psychogenic
(redirected from Psychogenic disease)

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psy·cho·gen·ic  (sk-jnk)
adj.
Originating in the mind or in mental or emotional processes; having a psychological rather than a physiological origin. Used of certain disorders.
psycho·geni·cal·ly adv.
psychogenic [ˌsaɪkəʊˈdʒɛnɪk]
adj
(Psychology) Psychol (esp of disorders or symptoms) of mental, rather than organic, origin
psychogenically  adv
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Adj.1.psychogenic - of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder
psychogenetic
2.psychogenic - mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin; "a psychogenic disorder"
mental - involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"
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psychogenic
adj disease, complaint → psychogen, seelisch bedingt
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