somaticize

—somatization /seuh mat'euh zay"sheuhn, soh'meuh teuh-/, n.

/seuh mat"euh suyz', soh"meuh teuh-/, v.t., somaticized, somaticizing. v.t. Psychiatry.

to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms.

Also, esp. Brit., somaticise.

[SOMATIC + -IZE]