extrasomatic

See also: extra-somatic

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

extra- + somatic

Adjective

extrasomatic (not comparable)

  1. Outside of, or unrelated to, the body.
    • 1884 Feb. 2, J. T. Searcy MD, "A Short Synopsis of Nerve Functions" in Medical Record, vol. 25, no. 5, p. 114 (Google preview):
      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.
    • 1999, Claudio Zamitti Mammana, "The Natural History of Information Processors" in The Quest for a Unified Theory of Information, Vol. 13, Wolfgang Hofkirchner (ed.), →ISBN, p. 383 (Google preview):
      Writing creates the possibility of extra-somatic memory.
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