somatic

so·mat·ic

adjective \sō-ˈma-tik, sə-\

Definition of SOMATIC

1

: of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm or the psyche

2

: of or relating to the wall of the body : parietal

— so·mat·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Examples of SOMATIC

1. <a somatic disorder that was once thought to be “all in the patient's head”>

Origin of SOMATIC

Greek sōmatikos, from sōmat-, sōma

First Known Use: circa 1775

Related to SOMATIC

Synonyms

animal, bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, material, physical

Antonyms

nonmaterial, nonphysical

Related Words

anatomic (or anatomical), physiological (or physiologic); sensual, sensuous; hand-to-hand

Near Antonyms

cerebral, inner, intellectual, mental, psychological (also psychologic); bodiless, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, spiritual; ethereal, metaphysical, psychic (also psychical)

Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with SOMATIC

agnatic, aquatic, asthmatic, Carnatic, chromatic, climatic, comatic, dalmatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emphatic, erratic, eustatic, fanatic, hepatic, judgmatic, komatik, lymphatic, magmatic, neumatic, phlegmatic, plasmatic, pneumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, protatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, Socratic, spermatic, stigmatic, sylvatic, thematic, traumatic, villatic

so·mat·ic

adjective \sō-ˈmat-ik, sə-\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of SOMATIC

1

a : of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germ plasm or psyche : physical b : of, relating to, supplying, or involving skeletal muscles <the somatic nervous system> <a somatic reflex>

2

: of or relating to the wall of the body as distinguished from the viscera : parietal

—so·mat·i·cal·ly \-i-k(ə-)lē\ (audio pronunciation) adverb