| SOMATIZATION | • somatization n. (Medicine) The generation of physical symptoms of a psychiatric condition such as anxiety. |
| SOMATOLOGIES | • somatologies n. Plural of somatology. • SOMATOLOGY n. the science of the properties of matter. |
| SOMATOLOGIST | • somatologist n. One who studies somatology. • SOMATOLOGIST n. a specialist in somatology. |
| SOMATOMEDINS | • somatomedins n. Plural of somatomedin. • SOMATOMEDIN n. an endogenous peptide pronounced in the liver. |
| SOMATOPLASMS | • somatoplasms n. Plural of somatoplasm. • SOMATOPLASM n. protoplasm of the somatic cells. |
| SOMATOPLEURE | • somatopleure n. (Embryology) A fold of tissue, in the embryo of a vertebrate, from which the walls of the body and the amnion develop. • SOMATOPLEURE n. a cellular sheet in some vertebrates that develops into the internal body wall. |
| SOMATOSTATIN | • somatostatin n. (Biochemistry) A cyclopeptide hormone, secreted by the pancreas, that inhibits the production of certain… • SOMATOSTATIN n. a polypeptide neurohormone. |
| SOMATOTENSIC | • SOMATOTENSIC adj. that which restores the equilibrium of an organism (applied esp. to certain plants when eaten as food). |
| SOMATOTONIAS | • SOMATOTONIA n. a pattern of temperament and body type in which alertness and aggression are combined with mesomorphic build. |
| SOMATOTONICS | • SOMATOTONIC n. a person who has an extroverted and aggressive personality type. |
| SOMATOTROPIC | • somatotropic adj. (Physiology) That stimulates body growth. • SOMATOTROPIC adj. promoting bodily growth, also SOMATOTROPHIC. |
| SOMATOTROPIN | • somatotropin n. (Biology, medicine) Synonym of growth hormone. • SOMATOTROPIN n. a polypeptide growth hormone, also SOMATOTROPHIN, SOMATOTROPINE. |
| SOMATOTYPING | • somatotyping v. Present participle of somatotype. • SOMATOTYPE v. to place with regard to somatotype. |