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Definition of Somatic
1. Adjective. Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit. "A somatic symptom or somatic illness"
Definition of Somatic
1. a. Of or pertaining to the body as a whole; corporeal; as, somatic death; somatic changes.
Definition of Somatic
1. Adjective. Part of, or relating to the body of an organism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Somatic
1. soma [adj] - See also: soma
Medical Definition of Somatic
1. 1. Pertaining to or characteristic of the soma or body. 2. Pertaining to the body wall in contrast to the viscera. Origin: Gr. Somatikos This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Somatic
Literary usage of Somatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"A Misleading Term, Not Warranted by Knowledge of the Facts—The Alleged somatic
Segregation in Calyx of Pear—Probably to be Explained as a Result of ..."
2. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"27, Í , 9 ), are set aside for reproductive purposes only ; the somatic cells
form a distinct body, which carries on all the functions characteristic of ..."
3. The Nervous System of Vertebrates by John Black Johnston (1906)
"The neuntes from a part of these cells form bundles which have been described as
going down close to the ventricle, to the somatic motor column (p. 135). ..."
4. The Nervous System of Vertebrates by John Black Johnston (1906)
"A part of the fibers enter the fasciculus longitudinalis medialis and may go to
the segments of the somatic motor column in the spinal cord which control ..."
5. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"WEISMANN'S CONCEPTION OF ACQUIRED CHARACTERS Weismann defines an acquired character
as any somatic modification that does not have its origin in the ..."
6. Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems by August Weismann, Edward Bagnall Poulton, Arthur Everett Shipley (1889)
"persistence of the parent germ-cells in those of the offspring; for a cell the
offspring of which become partly somatic and partly germ- cells cannot itself ..."
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