'Somatic' definitions:

Definition of 'somatic'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness" [syn: bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic]

Definition of 'Somatic'

From: GCIDE
  • Somatic \So*mat"ic\ (s[-o]*m[a^]t"[i^]k), a. [Gr. swmatiko`s, fr. sw^ma the body.]
  • 1. Of or pertaining to the body as a whole; corporeal; as, somatic death; somatic changes. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Of or pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal; as, the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo. [1913 Webster]
  • Somatic death. See the Note under Death, n., 1. [1913 Webster]

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