Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z soma The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. Somabhula A village in the province of Midlands, Zimbabwe. somaclonal Produced by plant tissue culture somaclone A plant produced from another by tissue culture Somada A female given name from Sanskrit. somaesthetic Of or relating to somaesthetics. somaesthetically In terms of, or with regard to, somaesthetics. somaesthetics A philosophical discipline involving the use, appreciation, and knowledge of one's own body. Somain A commune in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. somal Of or related to the soma, or cell body, of a neuron. Somali An ethnic group native to the Somali Peninsula; a Somali, a group of Somalis, the Somalis. Somalia A country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital and largest city: Mogadishu. Somalian Pertaining to the Republic of Somalia in a civic or governmental context. Somalicoon A Somali. Somaliland An ethnically Somali geographic region of East Africa comprising Somalia, Djibouti, and parts of Ethiopia. Somalilander Of or pertaining to Somaliland. somalin A particular steroid glycoside. Somaliness The quality or characteristic of being Somali. Somaliphobia The hatred or fear of Somalis. somalism A movement centered on unifying all ethnic Somalis across the Horn of Africa; Somali nationalism. Somalist A proponent of Somalism. Somalization The process of Somalizing Somalize To make or become Somali. somalo The currency of Italian Somaliland from 1950 to 1962, divided into 100 centesimi. Somaloid Of or pertaining to this language. Somalophile One who loves, admires, or is fond of the Somali. Somalophilia The love, admiration, or fondness for the Somali. Somalophilic Love, admiration, or fondness for the Somali. Somalophobe A person who hates or fears Somalis. Somalophobia The hatred or fear of Somalis. Somalophobic Hatred or fear of Somalis. Somalophone Somali-speaker soman A highly toxic G-series nerve agent in the organophosphate class of chemical warfare agents. It works by irreversibly inhibiting acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme needed to regulate nerve signals, which leads to uncontrolled muscle activity and disruption of vital nervous system functions. somantadine An antiviral drug. somapacitan A growth hormone medication. Somarriba A surname from Spanish. Somascan a member of a Roman Catholic religious order founded in Italy in the 16th century by St. Jerome Emiliani called the Somaschi Fathers somascope An early ultrasonographic apparatus requiring the patient to be submerged in water. somasteroid Any extinct starfish of the class Somasteroidea somatesthesia awareness of one's own body somatic Part of, or relating to the body of an organism. somatical somatic somatically In a somatic manner somaticism Synonym of somatic symptom disorder. somaticize To make somatic; to convert (psychological issues) into bodily symptoms. somaticosplanchnic Relating to the body and the viscera. somatics Any of several holistic approaches to physical therapy that attempt to train both the body and the mind. somatism Somatist beliefs generally. somatist One who admits the existence of material beings only; a materialist. somatization The generation of physical symptoms of a psychiatric condition such as anxiety somatize To express (a psychological process) through physical symptoms such as pain or anxiety; to have a psychosomatic reaction to (e.g. a situation). somatoblast A group of cells that develops into the ectoderm, nervous system and nephridia of an annelid somatocentric Describing any function of neurons centred on the soma. somatochart A diagrammatic representation of a somatotype somatocoel The posterior of the three regions of coelomic sacs of the embryonic coelom somatocrinin A hormone, produced in the hypothalamus, that promotes the secretion of growth hormones. somatocyst A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophorae. somatodendrite A somatodendritic dendrite somatodendritic located together, even at the ends of a dendrite somatodendritically In a somatodendritic manner somatoform Having no physical or organic cause. somatofossil A fossil of an organism's body, as opposed to an ichnofossil. somatofugal That travels out from the body somatogamy The fusion of two cells (but not their nuclei), especially as the first stage of syngamy. somatogenesis The development of an embryo into a mature organism somatogenic Having a physiological (rather than a psychological) cause somatognosic Relating to a person's body image, or subjective idea of their own bodily form. somatogram A graphical representation of a somatotype somatogravic Relating to the sensation of falling. somatograviceptive somatic and graviceptive somatogyral Relating to the sensation of turning somatolactin A protein related to somatotropin and prolactin somatolactotroph Any cell that produces somatolactin somatoliberin Somatocrinin. somatologic Relating to somatology. somatological Relating to somatology. somatologically In terms of somatology. somatologist One who studies somatology. somatology The study of the physical nature of human beings. somatomammotroph A type of cell in the anterior pituitary gland that produces both somatotropin and prolactin. somatomammotropin A polypeptide placental hormone somatome A somite. somatomedin Any of a group of peptides which mediate the action of somatotropin on cartilage. somatometer A device used to measure the height of a growing child somatometric Relating to somatometry or to somatometrics somatometrics The study of somatometry somatometry The measurement of the dimensions of the human body, especially while keeping the soft tissues intact somatomotor Of or pertaining to movements of the body somatoparaphrenia A monothematic delusion in which one denies ownership of a limb somatoparaphrenic Relating to somatoparaphrenia somatopathy Any disease of the body rather than of the mind somatopause The ending of growth, and the accompanying increase in adipose tissue, that occurs in adult life as hormone secretion diminishes somatoperception somatosensory perception somatoperceptual somatic and perceptual somatophobia Fear of the body, as opposed to mind or spirit. somatophrenia A tendency to imagine or exaggerate bodily ills somatophylax One of the seven men that served in high-ranking military positions during the times of Alexander the Great somatoplasm The protoplasm of somatic cells. somatoplastic Of or pertaining to somatoplasm. somatopleural Pertaining to the somatopleure; somatopleuric. somatopleure A fold of tissue, in the embryo of a vertebrate, from which the walls of the body and the amnion develop. somatopleuric Pertaining to the somatopleure; somatopleural. somatopsychic Pertaining to the effects of the body on the mind. somatorelin A diagnostic agent for determining growth hormone deficiency. somatorepresentation somatosensory representation somatoschisis A congenital fissure of the body wall or trunk. somatoscopic Relating to somatoscopy somatoscopy The qualitative evaluation of body features somatosensation A somatosensory sensation somatosensitive Relating to the reception of sensory stimuli within the brain somatosensor Any sensor that responds to external stimuli somatosensorial Of or related to somatosensory perception. somatosensorily In somatosensory terms. somatosensorimotor somatosensory and sensorimotor somatosensory Of or pertaining to the perception of sensory stimuli produced by the skin or internal organs somatosis the manifestation of severe, unexpressed psychological distress or trauma directly through the body (soma) in the absence of a clear organic disease somatosound A sound (a form of tinnitus) that a person is aware of but does not exist externally somatospatial somatosensory and spatial somatostatin A cyclopeptide hormone, secreted by the pancreas, that inhibits the production of certain other hormones somatostatinergic Produced or activated by a somatostatin. somatostatinoma A malignant tumor of the delta cells of the endocrine pancreas that produces somatostatin. somatosympathetic somatic and sympathetic somatotherapeutic Relating to somatotherapy. somatotherapist A therapist who carries out somatotherapy. somatotherapy The treatment of mental illness by physical means rather than psychotherapy. somatotonia A personality type marked by energy and assertiveness, traditionally associated with the mesomorphic body build. somatotonic Having or relating to a personality type characterised as aggressive and extroverted. somatotopic Of or pertaining to somatotopy. somatotopically In a somatotopic manner somatotopy The correspondence between the position of a receptor in part of the body and the corresponding area of the cerebral cortex that is activated by it. somatotrope somatotroph somatotroph One of a set of cells, in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that produces the growth hormone somatotropin. somatotrophic That stimulates body growth, especially by producing somatotrophin somatotropic That stimulates body growth somatotropically In a somatotropic manner. somatotropin Synonym of growth hormone. somatotropinoma An adenoma associated with excessive production of the growth hormone somatotropin somatotropism A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upon growing organs. somatotype A particular type of physique; originally, one of the types defined by William Herbert Sheldon: ectomorphic, endomorphic, mesomorphic. somatotyping The process of determining somatotypes. somatotypology The study of somatotypes. somatovisceral Relating to the effect of the soma on the functioning of bodily organs somatrem An analogue of human growth hormone (human somatotropin), almost molecularly identical except for a minor difference at certain amino acid residues. Produced recombinantly. Mostly superseded in current practice by somatropin, which is also molecularly similar to the endogenous hormone (i.e., slightly more so). somatrogon A medication for the treatment of growth hormone deficiency. somatroph somatotrophic; somatotropic somatropin A pharmaceutical preparation of human growth hormone (human somatotropin), today invariably a recombinant version. somatype somatotype somatypology The typology of somatotypes. somberish Somewhat somber. somberly In a somber manner.