as in physical
of or relating to the human body
a somatic disorder that was once thought to be "all in the patient's head"
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Research shows that somatic movement can lead to significant pain reduction.11
What Is Somatic Pain?
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Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 9 Dec. 2024
Suspicious from the start Scientists had suspected since the discovery of DNA’s structure in the 1950s that genetic misspellings and other mutations accruing in non-reproductive, or somatic, tissues could help explain disease and aging.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
Contrasting the epigenetic clock theory is a competing grand unifying theory that argues somatic mutations in DNA are the fundamental cause of aging.
—New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
The somatic mutation theory suggests aging is caused by an accumulation of mutations leading to permanent changes in the DNA sequence that occur randomly.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
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Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 9 Dec. 2024
Suspicious from the start Scientists had suspected since the discovery of DNA’s structure in the 1950s that genetic misspellings and other mutations accruing in non-reproductive, or somatic, tissues could help explain disease and aging.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
Contrasting the epigenetic clock theory is a competing grand unifying theory that argues somatic mutations in DNA are the fundamental cause of aging.
—New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
The somatic mutation theory suggests aging is caused by an accumulation of mutations leading to permanent changes in the DNA sequence that occur randomly.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Somatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somatic. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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