单词 | psychalgia |
释义 | > as lemmaspsychalgia psychalgia n. Brit. /sʌɪˈkaldʒ(ɪ)ə/ , U.S. /saɪˈkældʒ(i)ə/ [compare somatalgia n.] (originally) spiritual or mental pain or suffering (now rare or disused); (later also) pain of psychological rather than physiological origin.ΚΠ 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse B j Somatalgia and Psychalgia, the one the dyscrasie of the body, the other the malady and distemperature of the soule. 1883 T. S. Clouston Clin. Lect. Mental Dis. 16 Most cases of melancholia might be called mental pain. Indeed, it would be more scientifically be called Psychalgia. 1908 G. S. Hall Adolescence I. 480 The readiness with which psychalgia passes to somatalgia. 1981 Jrnl. Family Pract. 13 257 The disorders considered include..psychogenic pain disorder (psychalgia), hypochondriasis, factitious disorder, and malingering. < as lemmas |
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