Definition of: somatic

(sō·mat′ik) adjective Biol.
1. Of or relating to the body, as opposed to the spirit; physical; corporeal.
2. Of or pertaining to the framework or walls of a body, as distinguished from the viscera; parietal.
3. Pertaining to those elements or processes of an organism which are concerned with the maintenance of the individual as distinguished from the reproduction of the species: somatic cells. [<Gk. sōmatikos <sōma body]