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

Example Sentences

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somatogenic

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

If it be proved that a hereditary character was originally somatogenic, it follows that somatogenic characters in time become hereditary.

From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham

The theory of the heredity of somatogenic modifications is not in opposition to the mutation theory.

From Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham

For the present, therefore, we must conclude that feathers are not an adaptation, and not due to somatogenic modification, but must be result of a gametogenic mutation.

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