somatic

English

Etymology

French somatique, from Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikos, “bodily”), from σῶμα (sōma, “body”).

Adjective

somatic (not comparable)

1. Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
2. Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.

   the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo

Related terms

• psychosomatic
• chromosome
• somatology
• somatoplasm

Translations

relating to the body of an organism

• Czech: somatický (cs) m
• Finnish: somaattinen (fi)

• Italian: somatico (it)
• Spanish: somático (es)