GRE Word List

SOMATIC

of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm

The meaning of the word somatic is of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm.

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replicateduplicate
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projectilea body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia
vertexthe top of the head