soma-, som-, somat-, somato-, -soma, -some, -somus, -somia, -somic, -somal, -somite, -somatous, -somatia, -somatic

1. Relating to the body-mind relationship; the study of the effects of the body upon the mind, as opposed to psychosomatic, which is mind on body.
2. Relating to the relationship between the body and the mind.
3. Relating to the study of the effects of the body upon the mind.

An emotional disorder associated with an organic disease.

Medical examination of the human body.

Relating to bodily reactions that are not associated with the eyes, ears, tongue, and other specialized neuroreceptors, but from the reception of stimuli from the skin or from certain internal organs of the body: Johnson cried out in somatosensory pain after accidentally touching the hot surface of the stove with his finger.

1. Treatment of physical disorders.
2. In psychiatry, a variety of therapeutic interventions that employ chemical or physical, as opposed to psychological, methods.

The body structure or build of a person; especially, to the extent to which it exhibits the characteristics of an ectomorph, an endomorph, or a mesomorph; as explained in body type.