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

I have endeavoured to find a case which would not be open to the above criticism—that is, to find a character which could be considered somatogenic and which was absent in a closely allied variety.

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

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

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

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

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