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Definition of Somatic delusion
1. Noun. A delusion concerning the body image or parts of the body.
Medical Definition of Somatic delusion
1. A delusion having reference to a nonexistent lesion or alteration of some organ or part of the body; sometimes indistinguishable from hypochondriasis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Somatic Delusion
Literary usage of Somatic delusion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Insanity by New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum (1906)
"The following statements of patients, in whom no physical cause for the somatic
delusion can be demonstrated, show extreme absurdity and variability. ..."
2. Applied Psychology for Nurses by Mary F. Porter (1921)
"A somatic delusion is one centering upon alterations in the organs or their
functions. Example: Absence of a stomach, inability to swallow. ..."
3. Bulletin of the Massachusetts Commission on Mental Diseases by Massachusetts Dept. of Mental Health, Walter Elmore Fernald, George Milton Kline, Elmer Ernest Southard, Douglas Armour Thom, George L. Wallace (1917)
"Analysis of certain instances of somatic delusion. Analysis of certain instances
of environmental and personal delusions. Contrasting results of the somatic ..."
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