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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

somatisch

Pronunciation / Transliteration: somatisch

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Somatic/səʊˈmæt.ɪk/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Patient zeigte verschiedene somatische Beschwerden."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to the body, especially as distinct from the mind.

    "Chronic stress can manifest as somatic symptoms such as muscle tension and headaches."
  2. 2

    Of or relating to the wall of the body or the bodily cells other than the germ cells (reproductive cells).

    "The mutation occurred in a somatic cell and therefore cannot be passed on to offspring."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek word 'sōmatikos', stemming from 'sōma' meaning 'body'. It entered the English scientific lexicon in the 19th century to describe phenomena, cells, or therapies relating specifically to the physical body rather than the mind.

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