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Physiology vs Somatic - What's the difference?

physiology | somatic |

As a noun physiology

is a branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.

As an adjective somatic is

part of, or relating to the body of an organism.

physiology

English

(wikipedia physiology)

Noun

  • A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.
  • (obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science.

    • Derived terms

    * zoophysiology * cytophysiology * ecophysiology * electrophysiology * neurophysiology * pathophysiology * phytophysiology * psychophysiology * sociophysiology

    Related terms

    * physiologic * physiological * physiologist

    See also

    * biology * anatomy

    External links

    * * * English words suffixed with -ology

    somatic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
  • Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.
    • the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo

    Related terms

    * psychosomatic * chromosome * somatology * somatoplasm