Medical Root

somat/o

body

From Greek soma (stem somat-), body

Meaning

What does somat/o mean?

somat/o is a root meaning body. It comes from Greek soma (stem somat-), body.

Inside words it is spelled som or somat.

Somatic means of the body, as opposed to the mind (psych/o) or the internal organs (viscer/o).

In real words

macrosomia
a large body size, especially a newborn weighing more than about 4,000 to 4,500 g
somatic
1. Rootsomat/obody
2. Suffix-icpertaining to
relating to the body rather than the mind; also to the body wall and skeletal muscles rather than the organs
psychosomatic
relating to physical symptoms caused or made worse by mental or emotional factors
somatogenic
1. Rootsomat/obody
2. Suffix-genicproducing, causing, or originating in
starting in or acting through the body rather than the mind

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Practice it

somat/o is one of 14 parts in this lesson. Learn them together, then take real words apart.