somatic cell

noun Cell Biology.

one of the cells that take part in the formation of the body, becoming differentiated into the various tissues, organs, etc.
any cell other than a germ cell.

Origin of somatic cell

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby somatic cell

somatalgia, somatasthenia, somatesthesia, somatic, somatic antigen, somatic cell, somatic cell nuclear transfer, somatic death, somatic delusion, somatic motor neuron, somatic motor nucleus

British Dictionary definitions for somatic cell

somatic cell

noun

any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells Compare germ cell

Medical definitions for somatic cell

somatic cell

n.

Any cell of a plant or an animal other than a germ cell.