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psy·cho·gen·ic
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adjective
Psychology
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having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process:
a psychogenic disorder.
Origin:
1900–05;
psycho-
+
-genic
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psychogenic
(ˌsaɪkəʊˈdʒɛnɪk)
—
adj
psychol
(esp of disorders or symptoms) of mental, rather than organic, origin
psycho'genically
—
adv
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