somato-

a combining form meaning “body,” used in the formation of compound words:

somatotonia.

Also, especially before a vowel, somat-.

Origin

< Greek sōmato-, combining form equivalent to sōmat- (stem of sôma body) + -o- -o-

British Dictionary definitions for somato-

somato-

combining form

body: somatoplasm

Word Origin

from Greek sōma, sōmat- body

Word Origin and History for somato-

before vowels somat-, word-forming element meaning "the body of an organism," from comb. form of Greek soma (genitive somatos) "the body, a human body dead or living, body as opposed to spirit; material substance; mass; a person, human being; the whole body or mass of anything," of uncertain origin.

somato- in Medicine

somato- or somat-
pref.

Body: somatopathic.
Soma: somatoplasm.