Somatic Definition

sō-mătĭk

adjective

Of the body, as distinguished from the soul, mind, or psyche; corporeal; physical.

Webster's New World

Of the soma.

Webster's New World

Of the outer walls of the body, as distinguished from the viscera.

Webster's New World

Of or relating to the portion of the vertebrate nervous system that regulates voluntary movement.

American Heritage

Of or relating to a somatic cell or the somatoplasm.

American Heritage

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Origin of Somatic

French somatique from Greek sōmatikos from sōma sōmat- body soma¹

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
French somatique, from Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikos, “bodily"), from σῶμα (sōma, “body").

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