-somatous

adjective combining form

-soma·​tous

¦sämətəs,

¦sōm-,

-mətəs

: having (such) a body

macrosomatous

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin -somatus, from Greek -sōmatos, from sōmat-, sōma body

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