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

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 Cunningham, J. T.

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 Cunningham, J. T.

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

From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.

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 Cunningham, J. T.

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 Cunningham, J. T.