somato-comb. form
Greek σωματο-, combining form of σῶμα, σώματ- body (see soma n.2), used in a number of scientific terms.Many similar compounds occur in special works or are recorded in dictionaries, as somatoblast, somatochrome, somatoderm, somatography, somatophyte, somatophytic, etc.† somaˈtognosy n. Obsolete somatology.
somatocœl n. 
/sə(ʊ)ˈmatəsiːl/, /soʊˈmædəˌsil/ [ < German somatocœl (K. Heider 1912, in Verhandl. d. deutsch. zool. Ges. XXII. 241), < Greek κοιλία cavity of the body] Zoology each of a pair of cavities in an echinoderm embryo that develop into the main body cavity of the adult.
Brit. /ˈsəʊmətə(ʊ)siːl/
, /ˈsəʊmətə(ʊ)siːl//sə(ʊ)ˈmatəsiːl/U.S. /səˈmædəˌsil/
, /səˈmædəˌsil//soʊˈmædəˌsil/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > member of > parts of > cavity in embryo
somatocœl1955
1955 L. H. Hyman Invertebrates IV. xv. 692 The inner walls of the somatocoels meet above and below the intestine to form the primary mesentery.
1962 D. Nichols Echinoderms x. 120 Almost as soon as the primary coelomic sacs have been formed, they bud off posteriorly another pair of sacs, the somatocoels, later to form the main coelom of the adult body.
somatocœlic adj. /sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈsiːlɪk/, /soʊˌmædəˈsilɪk/
Brit. /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈsiːlɪk/
, /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈsiːlɪk//sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈsiːlɪk/U.S. /səˌmædəˈsilɪk/
, /səˌmædəˈsilɪk//soʊˌmædəˈsilɪk/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [adjective] > belonging to or resembling echinoderms > of parts of > of or relating to cavity in embryo
somatocœlic1976
1976 Nature 20 May 228/1 All this suggests that the new coelomocytes in the general body cavity can have come only from the somatocoelic epithelium.
somatocyst n. /sə(ʊ)ˈmatəsɪst/, /soʊˈmædəˌsɪst/, /ˈsoʊmədəˌsɪst/ a sac forming the proximal end of the hydrosoma in oceanic hydrozoa.
Brit. /ˈsəʊmətə(ʊ)sɪst/
, /ˈsəʊmətə(ʊ)sɪst//sə(ʊ)ˈmatəsɪst/U.S. /səˈmædəˌsɪst/
, /səˈmædəˌsɪst//soʊˈmædəˌsɪst//ˈsoʊmədəˌsɪst/Π
1859 T. H. Huxley Oceanic Hydrozoa 31 The somatocyst is narrow and subcylindrical.
1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. 79 The proximal end of the hydrosoma is modified into a peculiar cavity called the somato-cyst.
somatogenetic adj. /sə(ʊ)ˌmatəʊdʒᵻˈnɛtɪk/, /soʊˌmædədʒəˈnɛdɪk/, /ˌsoʊmədədʒəˈnɛdɪk/
Brit. /ˌsəʊmətəʊdʒᵻˈnɛtɪk/
, /ˌsəʊmətəʊdʒᵻˈnɛtɪk//sə(ʊ)ˌmatəʊdʒᵻˈnɛtɪk/U.S. /səˌmædədʒəˈnɛdɪk/
, /səˌmædədʒəˈnɛdɪk//soʊˌmædədʒəˈnɛdɪk//ˌsoʊmədədʒəˈnɛdɪk/Π
1905 G. A. Reid Princ. Heredity i. 6 Acquired characters take origin (as a rule) in the cell-descendants of the germ-cell; that is, they are somatogenetic in origin.
somatogenic adj. /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/, /sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈdʒɛnɪk/, /soʊˌmædəˈdʒɛnɪk/, /ˌsoʊmədəˈdʒɛnɪk/ (see quots.).
Brit. /ˌsəʊməˈtɒdʒᵻnɪk/
, /ˌsəʊməˈtɒdʒᵻnɪk//ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk//sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈdʒɛnɪk/U.S. /səˌmædəˈdʒɛnɪk/
, /səˌmædəˈdʒɛnɪk//soʊˌmædəˈdʒɛnɪk//ˌsoʊmədəˈdʒɛnɪk/Π
1889 in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 767 He [Weismann] uses the term somatogenic to express those characters which first appear in the body itself.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [noun] > treatise
somatology1736
somatognosya1832
a1832 J. Bentham Ess. Logic in Wks. (1843) VIII. 284/1 Somatology, somatognosy, or somatics.
somatometric adj. /sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈmɛtrɪk/, /soʊˌmædəˈmɛtrɪk/, /ˌsoʊmədəˈmɛtrɪk/
Brit. /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrɪk/
, /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrɪk//sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈmɛtrɪk/U.S. /səˌmædəˈmɛtrɪk/
, /səˌmædəˈmɛtrɪk//soʊˌmædəˈmɛtrɪk//ˌsoʊmədəˈmɛtrɪk/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > relating to measurement of the body
somatometric1939
somatometrical1951
1939 Nature 11 Nov. 807/1 By what somatometric method, which is both reliable and convenient of application, is it possible to assess nutritional status?
1951 Proc. Sect. Sci. Koninkl. Akad. Wetensch. Amsterdam C. LIV. 480 (heading) The quantitative expression of resemblance in the somatometric study of relationship.
somatometrical adj. /sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈmɛtrᵻkl/, /soʊˌmædəˈmɛtrək(ə)l/, /ˌsoʊmədəˈmɛtrək(ə)l/ of or pertaining to the measurement of the body.
Brit. /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrᵻkl/
, /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrᵻkl//sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈmɛtrᵻkl/U.S. /səˌmædəˈmɛtrək(ə)l/
, /səˌmædəˈmɛtrək(ə)l//soʊˌmædəˈmɛtrək(ə)l//ˌsoʊmədəˈmɛtrək(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > relating to measurement of the body
somatometric1939
somatometrical1951
1951 Proc. Sect. Sci. Koninkl. Akad. Wetensch. Amsterdam C. LIV. 480 Somatometrical data of different age-groups are not directly comparable.
somatometrically adv. /sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈmɛtrᵻkli/, /soʊˌmædəˈmɛtrək(ə)li/, /ˌsoʊmədəˈmɛtrək(ə)li/
Brit. /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrᵻkli/
, /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrᵻkli//sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈmɛtrᵻkli/U.S. /səˌmædəˈmɛtrək(ə)li/
, /səˌmædəˈmɛtrək(ə)li//soʊˌmædəˈmɛtrək(ə)li//ˌsoʊmədəˈmɛtrək(ə)li/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adverb] > in manner relating to measurement of the body
somatometrically1951
1951 Proc. Sect. Sci. Koninkl. Akad. Wetensch. Amsterdam C. LIV. 480 Training and interest will mostly induce the anthropologist to restrict himself to the study of properties than can be demonstrated somatometrically.
somatoplasm n. /sə(ʊ)ˈmatəplaz(ə)m/, /soʊˈmædəˌplæz(ə)m/, /ˈsoʊmədəˌplæz(ə)m/ soma-plasm.
Brit. /ˈsəʊmətəplaz(ə)m/
, /ˈsəʊmətəplaz(ə)m//sə(ʊ)ˈmatəplaz(ə)m/U.S. /səˈmædəˌplæz(ə)m/
, /səˈmædəˌplæz(ə)m//soʊˈmædəˌplæz(ə)m//ˈsoʊmədəˌplæz(ə)m/Π
1889 tr. A. Weismann Ess. Heredity 104 If the germ-plasm and the substance of the body, the somatoplasm, have always occupied different spheres.
1890 Weismann in Nature 6 Feb. 320/2 My germ-plasm or idioplasm of the first ontogenetic grade is not modified into the somatoplasm of Prof. Vines.
somatopleure n. /sə(ʊ)ˈmatəplʊə/, /ˈsəʊmətəplɔː/, /sə(ʊ)ˈmatəplɔː/, /soʊˈmædəˌplʊ(ə)r/, /ˈsoʊmədəˌplʊ(ə)r/ (see quot. 1874).
Brit. /ˈsəʊmətəplʊə/
, /ˈsəʊmətəplʊə//sə(ʊ)ˈmatəplʊə//ˈsəʊmətəplɔː//sə(ʊ)ˈmatəplɔː/U.S. /səˈmædəˌplʊ(ə)r/
, /səˈmædəˌplʊ(ə)r//soʊˈmædəˌplʊ(ə)r//ˈsoʊmədəˌplʊ(ə)r/Π
1874 M. Foster & F. M. Balfour Elem. Embryol. 38 The upper (or outer) leaf of the blastoderm, from its giving rise to the body~walls, is called the somatopleure.
1888 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 28 111 The lower end lies outside the angle.., between the somatopleure and splanchnopleure.
somatopleuric adj. /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈplɔːrɪk/, /sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈplʊərɪk/, /sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈplɔːrɪk/, /soʊˌmædəˈplʊrɪk/, /ˌsoʊmədəˈplʊrɪk/ of or belonging to the somatopleure.
Brit. /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈplʊərɪk/
, /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈplʊərɪk//ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈplɔːrɪk//sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈplʊərɪk//sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈplɔːrɪk/U.S. /səˌmædəˈplʊrɪk/
, /səˌmædəˈplʊrɪk//soʊˌmædəˈplʊrɪk//ˌsoʊmədəˈplʊrɪk/Π
1874 M. Foster & F. M. Balfour Elem. Embryol. 39 The somato~pleuric investment of the yolk sac.
1900 Nature 12 Apr. 560/2 Prior to the formation of the somatopleuric system represented by the cardinal veins, &c.
somatopsychic adj. /sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈsʌɪkɪk/, /soʊˌmædəˈsaɪkɪk/, /ˌsoʊmədəˈsaɪkɪk/ [ < German somatopsychisch (C. Wernicke 1892, in Path. des Nervensystems (1893) 166] Psychology (a) of or pertaining to awareness of one's own body (? obsolete); (b) arising from or pertaining to the effects of bodily illness on the mind.
Brit. /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪkɪk/
, /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪkɪk//sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈsʌɪkɪk/U.S. /səˌmædəˈsaɪkɪk/
, /səˌmædəˈsaɪkɪk//soʊˌmædəˈsaɪkɪk//ˌsoʊmədəˈsaɪkɪk/ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > physical origin
somatopsychic1902
1902 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) V. 27/1 Consciousness is a function of the associative mechanism and may be considered in its threefold relationship to the outer world, the body and self—allopsychic, somatopsychic, and autopsychic.
1927 D. K. Henderson & R. D. Gillespie Text-bk. Psychiatry II. 13 His division of concepts into those of the outside world, of the personality, and of the body—‘allopsychic’, ‘autopsychic’, and ‘somatopsychic’.
1955 A.M.A. Arch. Neurol. & Psychiatry (Chicago) 73 403/2 With the increasing severity in the lesion and the growing disability of the patient, much may be learned about the somatopsychic problem, i.e., about the manner in which the increasingly morbid process affects the state of mind of the patient and his relation to himself and his environment.
1961 Guardian 17 May 8/5 We should not allow a preoccupation with psychosomatic illness..to blind us to the advances..in the treatment of somato-psychic disorders.
1978 F. Mann Acupuncture (ed. 3) x. 160 Modern medicine might use the word ‘psychosomatic’ to describe the diseases considered in this section, as they are physical results of uncontrolled emotion; those in the previous section might be given the label ‘somatopsychic’, being mental diseases resulting from outer or physical causes.
somato-sensory adj. /sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈsɛns(ə)ri/, /soʊˌmædəˈsɛnsəri/, /ˌsoʊmədəˈsɛnsəri/ Physiology = somaesthetic adj.
Brit. /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈsɛns(ə)ri/
, /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈsɛns(ə)ri//sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈsɛns(ə)ri/U.S. /səˌmædəˈsɛnsəri/
, /səˌmædəˈsɛnsəri//soʊˌmædəˈsɛnsəri//ˌsoʊmədəˈsɛnsəri/ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective] > of or relating to the senses > somaesthetic
somaesthetic1899
somato-sensory1952
1952 Federation Proc. (Federation Amer. Soc. Exper. Biol.) 11 5/2 Responses from stimulation of arm and leg subdivisions of somatosensory area I were similar in location but differed in shape.
1975 Nature 30 Oct. 738/1 Axons carrying visual, auditory and somatosensory information converge on the tectum and interlace with tectal neurones.
1978 Sci. Amer. Sept. 82/2 In the somatosensory area of the cortex the cells in a column respond to the same type of stimulus (pressure, touch, heat, cold) at the same point on the body surface.
somatotomy n.
Brit. /ˌsəʊməˈtɒtəmi/
, /ˌsəʊməˈtɒtəmi/U.S. /ˌsoʊməˈtɑdəmi/
anatomy./ˌsoʊməˈtɑdəmi/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > anatomy
anatomy?1541
somatotomy1842
anatomism1860
1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Somatotomy, anatomy.
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somatomammotrophin n. /soʊˌmædəˌmæməˈtroʊfən/, /ˌsoʊmədəˌmæməˈtroʊfən/ Physiology any of several hormones having both growth-promoting and lactogenic properties; human chorionic somatomammotrophin, a hormone of this kind which is produced by the human placenta during pregnancy.
Brit. /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)maməˈtrəʊfɪn/
, /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)maməˈtrəʊfɪn/U.S. /səˌmædəˌmæməˈtroʊfən/
, /səˌmædəˌmæməˈtroʊfən//soʊˌmædəˌmæməˈtroʊfən//ˌsoʊmədəˌmæməˈtroʊfən/ΚΠ
1968 C. H. Li et al. in Experientia 24 1288/1 In order to eliminate confusion by the use of different terms for the same hormone, we wish to propose that henceforth the hormone be called human chorionic somato-mammotropin... It has both growth hormone (somatotropin) and lactogenic hormone (mammotropin) activities.
1970 Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynæcol. 77 747/1 The raised plasma levels of growth hormone (HGH) in radioimmunoassay are probably due to the presence in the blood of pregnant women of chorionic somato-mammotrophin.
1970 Ital. Jrnl. Biochem. 19 111 Human chorionic somatomammotropin (H.C.S.), a protein synthesized in the placenta from early pregnancy, shares some interesting features with human growth hormone.
1984 J. F. Lamb et al. Essent. Physiol. (ed. 2) xii. 392 These hormones are known as human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) and human chorionic somatomammotrophin (HCS, also known as human placental lactogen).
1987 K. Murray in J. Bu'Lock & B. Kristiansen Basic Biotechnol. xix. 505 Insulin and chorionic somatomammotropin, a polypeptide hormone resembling Β-gonadotropin, have also been produced in E. coli.
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somatotropin n. /ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊpɪn/, /soʊˌmædəˈtroʊp(ə)n/ Physiology = somatomammotrophin n.
Brit. /sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈtrəʊpɪn/
, /sə(ʊ)ˌmatəˈtrəʊpɪn//ˌsəʊmətə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊpɪn/U.S. /səˌmædəˈtroʊp(ə)n/
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