somatic
relating to the body or physical life
Root
- soma / somatic: body, bodily, or physical life
Other words with the soma / somatic root
- psychosomatic: involving both mind and body
Soma means body. Somatic keeps the body side visible, especially when a word contrasts body with mind.
The doctor checked whether anxiety was producing somatic symptoms such as headaches.
Somatic is compact but useful. It simply points to the body.
The best sibling is psychosomatic. Psych gives mind; soma gives body. Psychosomatic does not mean fake. It means the mind-body conversation has become physical.