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somatic /so·mat·ic/ (so-mat´ik)

1. pertaining to or characteristic of the soma or body.

2. pertaining to the body wall in contrast to the viscera.

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so·mat·ic (s-mtk)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or affecting the body, especially as distinguished from a body part, the mind, or the environment; corporeal or physical.

2. Of or relating to the wall of the body cavity, especially as distinguished from the head, limbs, or viscera.

3. Relating to the vegetative, as distinguished from the generative, functions.

4. Of or relating to a somatic cell or the somatoplasm.

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so·mati·cal·ly adv.

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somatic (sōmat´ik),

n derived from
soma, meaning the body, as distinguished from the mind. Pertains to the framework of the body as distinguished from the viscera; hence the term
somatic nerves describes the nerves associated with the musculoskeletal function of the muscles of the body.

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somatic

1. pertaining to or characteristic of the body or soma.

2. pertaining to the body wall, not the viscera.

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somatic afferent system

the system of sensory neurons scattered around the body and responding to pain, touch, temperature and other external stimuli.

somatic cell

see somatic cell.

somatic cell count (SCC)

measurement of somatic cells in milk. An indication of mastitis. See also linear score.

somatic cell hybridization

fusion in the laboratory of two different populations of somatic cells.

somatic mutation

see somatic mutation.

somatic myoneural junction

see myoneural junction.

somatic nerves

nerves supplying the body wall and limbs.

somatic pain

pain emanating from muscles, skeleton, skin; pain in the parts of the body other than the viscera.

somatic sensation

central perceptions of sensory stimuli from the body wall and limbs include touch, temperature, tickle, itch, pain, conscious proprioception.

somatic theory

this postulates that very few immunoglobulins are inherited but there is great diversification in differentiating somatic cells.