somatic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈmætɪk/, [səˈmæɾɪk]

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Adjective

somatic (not comparable)

1. Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
   • 2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 116:

     The somatic and botanical metaphors in this passage were commonplace in the 1700s.

2. Pertaining, and restricted, to an individual; not inheritable.

   a somatic epitype

3. Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.

   the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo

Anagrams

• atomics, osmatic

Etymology

Borrowed from French somatique.

Adjective

somatic m or n (feminine singular somatică, masculine plural somatici, feminine and neuter plural somatice)

1. somatic