somatic
səˈmætɪk
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Definition of somatic - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

1.
body relatedTECH.relating to the body, especially as distinct from the mindTECH.
  • The doctor focused on somatic symptoms rather than psychological ones.
corporeal physical
2.
medicalTECH.related to the body wall not visceraTECH.
  • The somatic muscles support the body structure.
bodily corporeal parietal
3.
biologyTECH.restricted to an individual not inheritableTECH.
  • Somatic mutations occur in non-reproductive cells.
individualized personal
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Expressions with somatic

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cell in a living thing that is not for reproduction
A skin cell is a somatic cell.
part of the nervous system for voluntary movement and sensory signals
The somatic nervous system controls your arm when you wave.
faculty of bodily perception including skin senses
The somatic sense helps us feel temperature changes.
part of the body that feels touch and pain
The somatic sensory system helps you feel a hug.
method to create an embryo by transferring a nucleus to an egg
Somatic cell nuclear transfer is used to clone animals..
moves genetic core into ovum to produce identical creature
Researchers used somatic cell nuclear transplantation to clone the prize bull.

Origin of somatic

Greek, soma (body)

Terms with somatic included in their meaning

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genetics
chromosome count in somatic cells of a species
embryo creation
creating a cloned embryo using a somatic cell
tactile
somatic feeling from force on skin
SCNTacr.
acr: Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
technique for cloning by transferring a nucleus into an egg
SNSacr.
acr: Somatic Nervous System
part of the nervous system controlling voluntary actions

Examples of somatic in a sentence

  • Somatic therapy focuses on bodily sensations.
  • The doctor examined the somatic symptoms carefully.
  • Somatic therapy focuses on the body's physical aspects.
  • The treatment targets somatic cells rather than eggs or sperm.
  • A somatic mutation cannot be passed to a child.

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  1. French:somatique, ...
  2. German:somatisch, leiblich, ...
  3. Italian:somatico, corporeo, ...
  4. Spanish:somático, ...
  5. Portuguese:somático, ...
  6. Chinese:躯体的, 体壁的, ...
  7. Japanese:身体的, 体壁の, ...
  8. Arabic:جَسَدِي, جِسْمِيّ, ...
  9. Hebrew:גּוּפָנִי, ...
  10. Russian:соматический, не наследуемый, ...
  11. Ukrainian:соматичний, тілесний, ...
  12. Hindi:शारीरिक, शरीर संबंधी, ...

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