somatotherapy /so·ma·to·ther·a·py/ (-ther´ah-pe) biological treatment of mental disorders, as electric shock or drug therapy.
somatotherapy
somatotherapy [so″mah-to-ther´ah-pe]
so·mat·o·ther·a·py (s -m t  -th r -p , sm-t-)n. 1. Therapy directed at bodily or physical disorders. 2. Therapy employing chemical or physical methods, especially the treatment of mental illness by such means as drugs, shock therapy, and lobotomy. |
somatotherapy
[-ther′əpē]
the treatment of physical disorders, as distinguished from psychotherapy.
somatotherapy [so″mah-to-ther´ah-pe]
biological treatment of mental disorders, such as by drug or electric shock therapy.
somatotherapy
treatment aimed at relieving or curing ills of the body.
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