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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.

soma

¹ American  

[soh-muh] / ˈsoʊ mə /

noun

Biology.

somata, plural somas plural

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

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soma ² American  

[soh-muh] / ˈsoʊ mə /

noun

1. haoma.

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Soma ³ American  

[soh-muh] / ˈsoʊ mə /

Pharmacology, Trademark.

1. a brand of carisoprodol.

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-soma ⁴ American  

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

   Schistosoma.

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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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• somas
  plural
• somata
  plural

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

Related Words

• stalk
• stem
• torso