somatic

English

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • (General American) IPA(key): /səˈmætɪk/, [səˈmæɾɪk]
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adjective

    somatic (not comparable)

    1. Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
      Antonyms: psychological, mental
      • 2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 116:
        The somatic and botanical metaphors in this passage were commonplace in the 1700s.
    2. Pertaining, and restricted, to an individual; not inheritable.
      a somatic epitype
    3. Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.
      the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Anagrams

    Romanian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from French somatique.

      Adjective

      somatic m or n (feminine singular somatică, masculine plural somatici, feminine/neuter plural somatice)

      1. somatic

      Declension

      Declension of somatic
      singular plural
      masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
      nominative-
      accusative
      indefinite somatic somatică somatici somatice
      definite somaticul somatica somaticii somaticele
      genitive-
      dative
      indefinite somatic somatice somatici somatice
      definite somaticului somaticei somaticilor somaticelor