心しん因いん性せい

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Meanings

1

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

psychogenic; psychogenetic

medicine

Medical term describing symptoms or conditions originating from psychological factors rather than physical causes.

心しん因いん性せいの頭ず痛つうはストレスが原げん因いんで起おこること

が

ある

。

Psychogenic headaches can sometimes be caused by stress.

その症しょう状じょうは心しん因いん性せいのものと診しん断だんされた。

The symptoms were diagnosed as psychogenic.

Kanji

心heart, mind, spirit
因cause, factor, be associated with
性sex, gender, nature

Related words

心しん身しん症しょう
心身症 refers to psychosomatic disorders where psychological factors contribute to physical illness, while 心因性 is an adjective describing the psychogenic nature of a condition.
精せい神しん性せい
精神性 is a broader term meaning 'mental' or 'spiritual', not specifically medical; 心因性 is a clinical term for psychologically caused symptoms.

Word family

心しん因いん性せい反はん応のう
psychogenic reaction
心しん因いん性せいめまい
psychogenic vertigo; functional dizziness

Built from

心しん因いん+性せい

Etymology

Compound of 心 (しん, 'mind'), 因 (いん, 'cause'), and 性 (せい, 'nature'), literally 'mind-cause nature'. A modern medical term likely coined in the context of Western psychology.