somatic death

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Somatic \So*mat"ic\ (s[-o]*m[a^]t"[i^]k), a. [Gr. swmatiko`s,
   fr. sw^ma the body.]
   1. Of or pertaining to the body as a whole; corporeal; as,
      somatic death; somatic changes.
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   2. Of or pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric;
      parietal; as, the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an
      embryo.
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   {Somatic death}. See the Note under {Death}, n., 1.
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