noun
psychosomatic illness
Medical term for physical symptoms caused or worsened by psychological factors such as stress.
彼はストレスから心身症を発症した。
He developed a psychosomatic illness due to stress.
心身症の治療には心療内科が適している。
Psychosomatic medicine is suitable for treating psychosomatic illnesses.
Compound of 心 (mind), 身 (body), and 症 (illness), directly corresponding to the English 'psychosomatic illness'.