somatic
pronunciation
How to pronounce somatic in British English:
UK [səʊ'mætɪk]
How to pronounce somatic in American English:
US [soˈmætɪk]
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- Adjective:
- affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
Word Origin
- somatic (adj.)
- "pertaining to the body" (as distinct from the soul, spirit, or mind), 1775, from French somatique and directly from Greek somatikos "of the body," from soma (genitive somatos) "the body" (see somato-).
Example
- 1. Nuclei of embryonic stem cells reprogram somatic cells .
- 2. Average number of somatic embryos per explant increased .
- 3. Progress of somatic embryogenesis in cotton .
- 4. Somatic cell hybridization is technique .
- 5. Data analysis of regional assignment using somatic cell hybrid panel .