Psy-chōm'a-chy, n.

noun

(sī-kōm'a-kȳ), n. [Fr. psychomachie, Lat. psychomachia, Gr. ψυχομαχία, from ψυχή, the soul, mind, and μάχη, fight, μάχεσθαι, to fight.] A conflict of the soul with the body.