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somatic

[ soh-mat-ik, suh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of the body; bodily; physical.
Synonyms: corporal
Antonyms: psychic
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.

somatic

/ səʊˈmætɪk /

of or relating to the soma
somatic 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 mind
a somatic disease

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

Origin of somatic¹

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

Origin of somatic¹

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

And 44 years down the line I still get that… I still get that very strange, bodily, somatic thing.

They have all kinds of somatic pains, body pains that come and go.

Thomas attributed her knowledge of the body to years of dancing and studying somatic experience, or trauma healing.

The outer or somatic wall of the plates retains its previous simple constitution.

In the rudimentary outgrowth to form the limbs the mesoblast cells of the somatic layer are crowded in an especially dense manner.

It is probable also, though this point is less certain, that the skeleton would be derived from the somatic layer.

The diverticula from the alimentary cavity form the water-vascular system and the somatic and splanchnic layers of mesoblast.

In the appendage-bearing segments the somatic layer is continued up into the appendages.

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