somatic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

From Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikós, “bodily”), σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

He was examined by a psychiatrist, who concluded that he was not dangerous to other people and could be transferred to the “somatic” department. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
While Mr. Stowbody gave a somatic and psychic study of them, Carol reflected, “Are they really so terribly interested in Ella's tonsils, or even in Ella's esophagus? — Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
It is well known how Weismann was led, by his hypothesis of the continuity of the germ-plasm, to regard the germinal cells--ova and spermatozoa--as almost independent of the somatic cells. — Creative Evolution, Bergson, Henri

bodily, corporal, corporeal

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