somatic ·soh-MAT-ik· adjective:
1. Of the body; bodily; physical.
2. In anatomy, zoology, pertaining to the body wall of an animal.
3. In cell biology. pertaining to or affecting the somatic cells, as distinguished from the germ cells.
Somatic derives from the Greek somatikos, “of the body.”
2. In anatomy, zoology, pertaining to the body wall of an animal.
3. In cell biology. pertaining to or affecting the somatic cells, as distinguished from the germ cells.
Somatic derives from the Greek somatikos, “of the body.”
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