somatic

adj
/səˈmætɪk/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from σωματικός

Definitions

  1. Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.

    • The somatic and botanical metaphors in this passage were commonplace in the 1700s.
  2. Pertaining, and restricted, to an individual

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

    • a somatic epitype
  3. Of or relating to the wall of the body

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

    • the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for somatic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA