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somatic Definition

so·matic (sō matik)

adjective

  1. of the body, as distinguished from the soul, mind, or psyche; corporeal; physical
  2. Biol. of the soma
  3. Anat., Zool. of the outer walls of the body, as distinguished from the viscera

Etymology: Gr sōmatikos < sōma (gen. sōmatos), body: see soma

somatic Related Forms
so·mati·cally adverb
somatic Synonyms

somatic

modif.

physical, bodily, corporal; see bodily 1. See syn. study at bodily.

somatic Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • mosaicism: Such gross somatic mosaicism was not observed in three other lines examined, further emphasizing a role for flanking DNA in modulating repeat stability.
  • mutation: The pattern of somatic mutation is being used to follow the clonal history of the tumor cell clone.
  • hypermutation: These 76 cases, therefore, may be considered to show somatic hypermutation.
  • mutagen: The reverse is not true, and a compound may well be a somatic cell mutagen but not a germ cell mutagen.
  • cell: Nuclear transfer is carried out by fusing the donor somatic cell to an egg whose own nucleus has been removed.
  • symptom: Massage therapy effects on depression and somatic symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome.

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