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somatic

[ soh-mat-ik, suh- ]

adjective

  1. of the body; bodily; physical.

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  2. Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to the body wall of an animal.
  3. Cell Biology. pertaining to or affecting the somatic cells, as distinguished from the germ cells.


somatic

/ əʊˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the soma

    somatic cells

  2. of or relating to an animal body or body wall as distinct from the viscera, limbs, and head
  3. of or relating to the human body as distinct from the mind

    a somatic disease

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somatic

/ ō-ăĭ /

  1. Relating to the body.
  2. ◆ The cells of the body with the exception of the reproductive cells (gametes) are known as somatic cells.
  3. See Note at mitosis
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Derived Forms

  • ˈپ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·i·· adjective
  • ܲȴ·i adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of somatic1

1765–75; < Greek ōپó of, pertaining to the body, equivalent to ō- somat- + -ikos -ic
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of somatic1

C18: from Greek ōپDz concerning the body, from ō the body
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A somatic therapist and actor, he lost most of his most treasured possessions, including the irreplaceable Tibetan singing bowls and gongs he’s collected over 15 years of world travels.

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With this new blueprint in hand, the team studied 74 Fuji clonal varieties and identified significant somatic variations -- mutations that occur during the plant's lifetime rather than being inherited.

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Prenatal genome editing sits within the broader spectrum of human genome editing, which ranges from germline, where the changes are heritable, to somatic cell, where the patient’s descendants won’t inherit the changes.

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In 2012, Curtis began a deep dive -- assisted by machine learning -- into the types of somatic mutations that occur in thousands of breast cancers.

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"With the introduction of contract treatment, criminal behaviour and substance-related adverse health events, such as overdoses and hospitalizations due to psychiatric and somatic reasons, decreased significantly compared to the period before contract treatment," Virtanen says.

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