Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells;
a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes;
- Example: "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells";[syn: somatic cell, vegetative cell]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
somatic cell
n 1: any of the cells of a plant or animal except the
reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the
production of gametes; "somatic cells are produced from
preexisting cells"; [syn: somatic cell, vegetative
cell]