somatic medical definition

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.

Related Forms:

• somatically adverb