Meaning & use
Somatogenic
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Originating in or caused by physical (bodily) processes, as opposed to psychological ones.
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Doctors debated whether the patient's symptoms were somatogenic or psychogenic in origin.
Somatogenic theories of mental illness look for biological causes such as genetics or brain chemistry.
A note on using this word
Built from Greek 'soma' (body) and '-genic' (produced by), commonly paired against its opposite, 'psychogenic.'
Words with a similar meaning
physiologicalbiogenic
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Words with an opposite meaning
psychogenic
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