somatic

[soh-mat-ik, suh-]

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adjective

of the body; bodily; physical.
Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to the body wall of an animal.
Cell Biology. pertaining to or affecting the somatic cells, as distinguished from the germ cells.

Origin of somatic

1765–75; < Greek sōmatikós of, pertaining to the body, equivalent to sōmat- somat- + -ikos -ic

Related formsso·mat·i·cal·ly, adjectiveun·so·mat·ic, adjective

Synonyms for somatic

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1. corporal.

Antonyms for somatic

1. psychic.

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Related Words for somatic

actual, animal, carnal, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, gross, human, material, natural, normal, organic, personal, physical, sensual, substantial, tangible

Examples from the Web for somatic

Contemporary Examples of somatic

And 44 years down the line I still get that… I still get that very strange, bodily, somatic thing.
The Writer and the Potter: Edmund De Waal on his New York Debut
Iain Millar
September 12, 2013
They have all kinds of somatic pains, body pains that come and go.
America’s Depression Diagnoses Epidemic and How to Fix It
Jesse Singal
March 30, 2013

Historical Examples of somatic

It is as physiological as any other somatic change in the puerperium.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation
Austin O'Malley
From the walls of the dorsal set the somatic musculature is formed.
The Origin of Vertebrates
Walter Holbrook Gaskell
Few of them bore the somatic signs of intimacy with Mr. Barleycorn.
Idling in Italy
Joseph Collins
An attempt was made to determine the somatic number of chromosomes.
Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 1 of 2)
Nettie Maria Stevens
The somatic or historical sense is in every case the first that must be ascertained.
History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
Adolph Harnack

British Dictionary definitions for somatic

somatic

adjective

of or relating to the somasomatic cells
of or relating to an animal body or body wall as distinct from the viscera, limbs, and head
of or relating to the human body as distinct from the minda somatic disease

Derived Formssomatically, adverb

Word Origin for somatic

C18: from Greek sōmatikos concerning the body, from sōma the body

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Word Origin and History for somatic

adj.

"pertaining to the body" (as distinct from the soul, spirit, or mind), 1775, from French somatique and directly from Greek somatikos "of the body," from soma (genitive somatos) "the body" (see somato-).

somatic in Medicine

somatic

[sō-măt′ĭk]

adj.

Of, relating to, or affecting the body, especially as distinguished from a body part, the mind, or the environment; corporeal or physical.
Of or relating to the wall of the body cavity, especially as distinguished from the head, limbs, or viscera.
Relating to the vegetative, as distinguished from the generative, functions.
Of or relating to a somatic cell or the somatoplasm.

Related formsso•mat′i•cal•ly adv.

somatic in Science

somatic

[sō-măt′ĭk]

Relating to the body.♦ The cells of the body with the exception of the reproductive cells (gametes) are known as somatic cells. See Note at mitosis.