English Explanatory Dictionary

somatic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
  2. Pertaining, and restricted, to an individual; not inheritable.
  3. Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.

Pronunciation

/səˈmætɪk/ [səˈmæɾɪk] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-somatic.wav

Word forms

somatic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikós, “bodily”), σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Related words

somatoplasm

Derived words

axosomatic cephalosomatic dendritosomatic dendrosomatic endosomatic exosomatic extra-somatic extrasomatic gonadosomatic hepatosomatic intersomatic intestosomatic intrasomatic leptosomatic liposomatic metasomatite monosomatic neurosomatic nonsomatic normosomatic organosomatic orthosomatic polysomatic psychosomatic sociosomatic somaesthetics somatical somatically somatic cell somaticism somaticize somatic nervous system somatic sensory cortex somatic symptom disorder somatize somesthesis splenosomatic telesomatic tubulosomatic viscerosomatic
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