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Somatic: 1. Relating to the body. a. As distinguished from the mind (the psyche). b. As distinguished from the gonads.
From the Greek word somatikos meaning body.
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( sÅ-măt ' Äk ) adj. Of, relating to, or affecting the body, especially as distinguished from a body part, the mind ...
adjective 1. of the body; bodily; physical. 2. Anatomy, Zoology . pertaining to the body wall of an animal. 3. Cell Biology . pertaining to or affecting the somatic ...
Definition of SOMATIC. 1: of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm or the psyche . 2: of or relating to the wall of the ...
somatic /so·mat·ic/ (so-mat´ik) 1. pertaining to or characteristic of the soma or body. 2. pertaining to the body wall in contrast to the viscera.
so·mat·ic (s-m t k) adj. 1. Of, relating to, or affecting the body, especially as distinguished from a body part, the mind, or the environment; corporeal or physical.