somatic
adjective
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Pronunciation: /səˈmætɪk/ / [səˈmæɾɪk]
adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikós, “bodily”), σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
- Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
“The somatic and botanical metaphors in this passage were commonplace in the 1700s.”
- Pertaining, and restricted, to an individual; not inheritable.
“a somatic epitype”
- Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.
“the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo”