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" IPS cells can become a powerful tool to develop new drugs to cure intractable diseases because they can be made from patients' somatic cells."
Shinya Yamanaka

Meaning of "somatic" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOMATIC

From Greek sōmatikos concerning the body, from sōma the body.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SOMATIC

səʊˈmætɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOMATIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Somatic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SOMATIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Somatic

The term somatic means 'of the body'—relating to the body distinct from the mind, soul, or spirit. In medicine, somatic illness is bodily, not mental, illness. The term is often used in biology to refer to the cells of the body in contrast to the germ line cells which usually give rise to the gametes. These somatic cells are diploid containing two copies of each chromosome, whereas the germ cells are haploid as they only contain one copy of each chromosome. Although under normal circumstances all somatic cells in an organism contain identical DNA, they develop a variety of tissue-specific characteristics. This process is called differentiation, through epigenetic and regulatory alterations. The grouping of like cells and tissues creates the foundation for organs. Somatic mutations are changes to the genetics of a multicellular organism which are not passed on to its offspring through the germline. Many cancers are somatic mutations. Somatic is also defined as relating to the wall of the body cavity, particularly as distinguished from the head, limbs or viscera.

Definition of somatic in the English dictionary

The first definition of somatic in the dictionary is of or relating to the soma. Other definition of somatic is of or relating to an animal body or body wall as distinct from the viscera, limbs, and head. Somatic is also of or relating to the human body as distinct from the mind.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOMATIC

amphichromatic · comatic · dichromatic · euchromatic · heterochromatic · homochromatic · hydropneumatic · isochromatic · metachromatic · metasomatic · monochromatic · orthochromatic · panchromatic · peristomatic · pneumatic · polychromatic · stomatic · stromatic · trichromatic · zygomatic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOMATIC

somata · somatic cell · somatic cell nuclear transfer · somatic mutation · somatic nervous system · somatically · somatism · somatist · somatogenic · somatologic · somatological · somatologist · somatology · somatomedin · somatoplasm · somatoplastic · somatopleural · somatopleure · somatopleuric · somatosensory

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOMATIC

aromatic · asymptomatic · automatic · charismatic · chromatic · cinematic · climatic · diplomatic · dramatic · enigmatic · enzymatic · pragmatic · prismatic · problematic · schematic · simatic · static · symptomatic · systematic · thematic · traumatic

Synonyms and antonyms of somatic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «somatic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOMATIC

Find out the translation of somatic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of somatic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «somatic» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

somática
570 millions of speakers
en

English

somatic
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

दैहिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جسدية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

соматическая
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

somática
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সোমাটিক
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

somatique
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Somatik
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

somatisch
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

体細胞の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

체세포
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Somatic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

soma
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

உடலுக்குரிய
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

शारीरिक संबंधी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

bedensel
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

somatico
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

somatycznej
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

соматическая
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

somatic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σωματικών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

somatiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

somatiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

somatisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of somatic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMATIC»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about somatic

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2 QUOTES WITH «SOMATIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word somatic.
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Erik Erikson
Parents must not only have certain ways of guiding by prohibition and permission, they must also be able to represent to the child a deep, almost somatic conviction that there is meaning in what they are doing.
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Shinya Yamanaka
IPS cells can become a powerful tool to develop new drugs to cure intractable diseases because they can be made from patients' somatic cells.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOMATIC»

Discover the use of somatic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to somatic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Awakening Somatic Intelligence: The Art and Practice of ...
Offers an approach to healing based on mindful body awareness through breathing, sensing, movement, and touch, intended to help those suffering from chronic pain, stress-related illness, trauma, and mood disorders.
Risa F. Kaparo, 2012
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Somatic Dysfunction in Osteopathic Family Medicine
The book explains the clinical rationale for osteopathic manipulative treatment in specific situations and details procedures for treating common problems encountered in family medicine.
Kenneth E. Nelson, Thomas Glonek, 2007
3
Somatic Embryogenesis
This volume expands our view of a subject that is important for plant biotechnology, genetics, cell biology, development, and agricultural applications.
Abdul Mujib, Jozef Šamaj, 2006
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Somatic Fictions: Imagining Illness in Victorian Culture
This book focuses on the centrality of illness—particularly psychosomatic illness—as an imaginative construct in Victorian culture.
Athena Vrettos, 1995
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Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants
This volume 6 is dedicated to Prof. Harry Waris, Helsinki, Finland, who did pioneer work on somatic embryogenesis during the time when Prof. Steward and others were actively engaged in this area. His former student Prof.
S.M. Jain, P.K. Gupta, R.J. Newton, 2000
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Somatic Hybridization in Crop Improvement II: II
1. Introduction. 1.1 Importance and Distribution A large set of vegetables cultivated worldwide belong to the genus Brassica. Furthermore in the temperate climate zone the most important oil plant is oilseed rape (B. napus L.). Therefore, the ...
Toshiyuki Nagata, Y.P.S. Bajaj, 2001
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Somatic Reality
Transitions -- crises, changes, and turning points -- are part of each human life and they include bodily transitions and experience. How life changes are expressed somatically is the theme of Somatic Reality.
Stanley Keleman, 1979
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Somatic Hypermutation in V-Regions
This book provides critical reviews regarding the process of somatic hypermutation in antibody V genes.
E. J. Steele, 1991
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Functional Somatic Syndromes: Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment
Comprehensive clinically-oriented review of these medically unexplained disorders.
Peter Manu, 1998
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Protocol for Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants
The germination rate of mature somatic embryos is usually improved by desiccation before the transfer of somatic embryos to the germination medium. However, the growth and anatomical development of somatic embryos has been already ...
S. Mohan Jain, Pramod K. Gupta, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOMATIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term somatic is used in the context of the following news items.
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The 'Indispensable Soma' theory of ageing
The theory basically suggests that, due to energy resource constraints, there is a trade-off between somatic cell and germ cell repair. As a result, germ cells are ... «Lifeboat Foundation, Jul 15»
2
Transient acquisition of pluripotency during somatic cell …
Somatic cells can be transdifferentiated to other cell types without passing through a pluripotent state by ectopic expression of appropriate transcription factors. «Nature.com, Jun 15»
3
Somatic mosaicism and variant frequency detected by next …
We identified somatic mosaic variants in the type VI collagen, α5 gene (COL4A5) in four patients. Interestingly, two of these four patients with variant frequencies ... «Nature.com, May 15»
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Somatic Experiencing and finding the nerve to heal
Somatic Experiencing is working with someone in a very individualistic, nuanced way to help bring their physiology and their personality all to a place where ... «Vancouver Courier, May 15»
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Epigenetic Drivers of Somatic Mutations in Cancer
With next-generation sequencing, it is possible to distinguish between de novo mutations that drive cancer and those that are "along for the ride. «Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Apr 15»
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Somatic Solutions parlays ballet into fitness center: Community Voices
The name of the business - Somatic Solutions - means finding the right physical, manual and energy therapeutics for each client. Somatic means "physical" or ... «cleveland.com, Apr 15»
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Brain-somatic-activating mutations in MTOR cause focal cortical …
They reported that about 16% of the studied patients had somatic mutations in their brain. Such mutations, however, did not take place in their blood or saliva ... «News-Medical.net, Mar 15»
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Healing trauma through Somatic Experiencing
INSIGHTS INTO HEALTH: A traumatic event catapulted Corey Costanzo into a healing journey and career with Somatic Experiencing, a body-awareness ... «Mountain Xpress, Feb 15»
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Your Extra-Somatic Brain
Instead of thinking about things related to your research, you are wasting brain-effort memorizing your to-do list. Delegate this menial labor to your extra-somatic ... «Inside Higher Ed, Jan 15»
10
Clonal Hematopoiesis with Somatic Mutations Up with Age
(HealthDay News) — Clonal hematopoiesis with somatic mutations is increasingly common with aging, according to two studies published online November 26 ... «Monthly Prescribing Reference, Dec 14»
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