1. The dictrine or the science of the general properties of material substances; somatics.
2. A treatise on the human body; anatomy. Dunglison.
SOMATOME
So"ma*tome, n. Etym: [Gr. (Anat. & (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Somite.
SOMATOPLEURE
So"ma*to*pleure, n. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellæ into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the body and the amnion are developed. See Splanchopleure.
SOMATOPLEURIC
So`ma*to*pleu"ric, a. (Anat.)
Defn: of or pertaining to the somatopleure.
SOMATOTROPISM
So`ma*tot"ro*pism, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol.)
Defn: A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upon growing organs. Encyc. Brit.