somatogenic

American  

[suh-mat-uh-jen-ik, soh-muh-tuh-] / səˌmæt əˈdʒɛn ɪk, ˌsoʊ mə tə- /

Also somatogenetic

adjective

Biology.

1. developing from somatic cells.

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somatogenic British  

/ səˌmætəʊˈdʒɛnɪk /

adjective

1. med originating in the cells of the body: of organic, rather than mental, origin

   a somatogenic disorder

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Etymology

Origin of somatogenic

First recorded in 1900–05; somato- + -genic

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Example Sentences

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somatogenic

It has been the main argument of this volume that there are two distinct kinds of characters in all organisms—namely, those of somatogenic origin and those of gametogenic origin.

From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham

At the same time there are some somatic sex-characters, e.g. in insects and birds, which do not appear to be correlated with changes in the gonads, and which are probably gametogenic, not somatogenic in origin.

From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham

Adaptations are due to somatogenic modifications, non-adaptive diagnostic characters to gametogenic mutations.

From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham

The real problem, then, is the sex-limited heredity, and we shall consider later whether in this kind of heredity also there are characters of internal as well as external origin, blastogenic as well as somatogenic.

From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham

Most of the characters in domesticated varieties are obviously gametogenic mutations, but the lop-ear in rabbits may be, partly at least, somatogenic.

From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham

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