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extrasomatic

extrasomatic adjective: outside of, or unrelated to, the body.

Adjective

extrasomatic (not comparable)

  1. Outside of, or unrelated to, the body.
    • A great deal of confusion has arisen in the philosophy of the world by the consideration of the acts of the high sensating, conscious brain, the hemispheres, as the work of an extrasomatic, metaphysical entity.1884 Feb. 2, J. T. Searcy MD, "A Short Synopsis of Nerve Functions" in Medical Record, vol. 25, no. 5, p. 114 (Google preview)
    • Writing creates the possibility of extra-somatic memory.1999, Claudio Zamitti Mammana, "The Natural History of Information Processors" in The Quest for a Unified Theory of Information, Vol. 13, Wolfgang Hofkirchner (ed.), p. 383 (Google preview)

Forms of extrasomatic

alternative formextra-somatic

Origin of extrasomatic

From extra- + somatic.

Questions about extrasomatic

What does extrasomatic mean?
Extrasomatic means outside of, or unrelated to, the body.
What part of speech is extrasomatic?
Extrasomatic is an adjective.

Words near extrasomatic in the dictionary

  1. extrasolar
  2. extrasolar planet
  3. extrasolar planets
  4. extrasolar system
  5. extrasolar systems
  6. extrasomatic
  7. extraspecial
  8. extraspecific
  9. extraspecifically
  10. extraspect
  11. extraspected

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