Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Somatotonia
The desire for power, delight in physical activity, and an indifference to people. A personality type in which there is a predominance of physical assertiveness and activity.
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Somatosensory projection area
That part of the cerebral cortex that receive impulses for skin sensations.
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Somatopsychological
Of the body and mind.
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Somatoplasm
The nonreproductive material comprising the body of an organism in contrast to germplasm. The cytoplasm of all the body cells as distinguished from that of the germ cells.
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Somatogenic psychosomatic disorder
An illness caused by stress lowering a person’s immunity or resistance to pathogens.
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Somatogenic mental disorders
Mental disorders that are produced by an organic cause, psychogenic illness.
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Somatogenesis
The development from physical origins as opposed to psychological origins, psychogenesis.
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Somatic weakness
The vulnerability of a particular organ or body part to a particular psychophysiological disorder.
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Somatic therapies
A collective term for any treatment of mental disorders by means of some organic manipulation, drug administration, any form of surgery, and convulsive treatments.
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Somatic system
Part of the nervous system that controls voluntary, skeletal muscles.
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