— somatically , adj.
/soh mat"ik, seuh-/ , adj.
1. of the body; bodily; physical.
2. Anat. , Zool. pertaining to the body wall of an animal.
3. Cell Biol. pertaining to or affecting the somatic cells, as distinguished from the germ cells.
[ 1765-75; somatikós of, pertaining to the body, equiv. to somat- SOMAT- + -ikos -IC ]
Syn. 1. corporal.
Ant. 1. psychic.