2. Of or pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal; as, the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo. Somatic death. See the Note under Death, n., 1.

SOMATICAL
So*mat"ic*al, a.

Defn: Somatic.

SOMATICS
So*mat"ics, n.

Defn: The science which treats of the general properties of matter; somatology.

SOMATIST
So"ma*tist, n.

Defn: One who admits the existence of material beings only; a materialist. Glanvill.

SOMATOCYST
So"ma*to*cyst, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. See
Illust. under Nectocalyx.

SOMATOLOGY
So`ma*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]