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psychogenic

[ sahy-kuh-jen-ik ]

adjective

Psychology.
  1. having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process:

    a psychogenic disorder.



psychogenic

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adjective

  1. psychol (esp of disorders or symptoms) of mental, rather than organic, origin
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Derived Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of psychogenic1

First recorded in 1900–05; psycho- + -genic
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Her medical cause of death was hyponatraemic encephalopathy, acute hyponatremia and psychogenic polydipsia.

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"By saying we all have psychogenic itching to some degree, we normalise it," she adds.

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The U.N. concluded that the symptoms were the result of mass psychogenic illness, a form of social panic.

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Some published reports have suggested that the symptoms were characteristic of "mass psychogenic illness," but the declassified report rejects that, finding that the AHIs "do not fit criteria for mass psychogenic illness."

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No evidence was found to support the suspicions, and WHO said it appeared to be a “mass psychogenic illness.â€

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