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  • soma
    soma
    noun
    the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
  • Soma
    Soma
    a brand of carisoprodol.
  • -soma
    -soma
    a variant of -some, used especially in the formation of names of zoological genera.
Synonyms

soma

1 American  
[soh-muh] / ˈsoʊ mə /

noun

Biology.

plural

somata, somas

  1. the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.

soma 2 American  
[soh-muh] / ˈsoʊ mə /

noun

  1. haoma.

Soma 3 American  
[soh-muh] / ˈsoʊ mə /
Pharmacology, Trademark.

  1. a brand of carisoprodol.

-soma 4 American  

  1. a variant of -some, used especially in the formation of names of zoological genera.

    Schistosoma.
soma 1 British  
/ ˈsəʊmə /

noun

  1. the body of an organism, esp an animal, as distinct from the germ cells

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soma 2 British  
/ ˈsəʊmə /

noun

  1. an intoxicating plant juice drink used in Vedic rituals

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Etymology

Origin of soma1

1830–40; < New Latin < Greek sôma body

Origin of soma2

Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1820–30

Origin of -soma4

< New Latin < Greek sôma

Example Sentences

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Shanghai feels like it’s having a soma moment.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2022

Unipolar neurons have only one structure that extends away from the soma.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

A bipolar neuron has one axon and one dendrite extending from the soma.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Outrage drives us, and if there is a soma, we probably can’t afford it.

From The Verge • Jul. 16, 2020

“Bring three men,” he ordered, “and take Mr. Marx into a bedroom. Give him a good soma vaporization and then put him to bed and leave him.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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