Relating to or affecting the body, especially the body as considered to be separate from the mind.
This refers to the body's means of expressing itself through physical states. See psychosomatic for more information.
Relating to all the body's cells, except the reproductive cells (sperm and egg).
Relating to the physical body.
Refers to all body cells apart from germ cells. A somatic mutation does not affect the germ cells, so cannot be passed on from one generation to the next.
Any type of cell that doesn't make egg or sperm
The vegetative stages of the cell cycle.
Relating to the body. As distinguished from the mind (the psyche). As distinguished from the gonads. See the entire definition of Somatic
Refers to non-germline cells. Somatic cells may become terminally differentiated with alterations in their overall genetic compliment, because they are not responsible for passing along the organism's genetic material to the offspring.
Relating to cells of the body apart from germ cells.
non-inherited; also refers to all of the cells in the body except the reproductive cells (e.g. sperm and eggs)
In a general sense, pertaining to the body (soma). Usually, it is employed in the more specific sense of pertaining to the striated musculature of the body, in contrast to the viscera.
Of any cell in the body other than reproductive cells
adjective, Greek soma = the body; hence, pertaining to the body frame but not to its viscera.
Relating to the non-gonadal tissues and organs of an organism's body.
relating to the nonreproductive parts of the body.
Pertaining to or characteristic of the soma or body; pertaining to the body wall in contrast to the viscera.
adj. G. " ; of cells of the body excluding cells of the viscera and sex cells.
( Genet.) Pertaining to the body of an organism as distinct from its reproductive germ cells. ( BCFT).
Gr. soma: body] • Pertaining to the body, or body cells (rather than to germ cells).
Physical pain or discomfort of any kind, especially painful or uncomfortable physical perceptions stemming from the Reactive Mind.
Refers to the body or human biology.
Relating to the body wall i.e. excluding the viscera.
The somatic senses ("somatosensory") are the senses of bodily awareness. Somatic sensory neurons have their source in a number of different kinds of sensory receptor in all of the organs of the body.
Pertaining to the body as opposed to the mind. Pertaining to nonreproductive cells or tissues. Pertaining to the framework of the body as opposed to the viscera.
Somatic refers to the non-productive parts of a body.
Relating to the body rather than the gonads.
(Reber) Pertaining to the body. Hence, contrasted with either (or both, depending on the author’s intentions) the environment or the mind.
Refers to body. For instance, somatic cells refers to all the cells in the body except for the germ cells.
Relating to, or affecting the body. [Click Here To Return To List
The term somatic refers to the body, as distinct from some other entity, such as the mind. The word comes from the Greek word Σωματικóς (Somatikòs), meaning "of the body". It has different meanings in various disciplines.