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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

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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

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Example Sentences

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soma Soma somas

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

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

From The Verge ● Jul. 16, 2020

Emotions are neutered via the regular administration of a drug known as soma, which keeps everyone in their place and guarantees a place for everyone.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2020

Ashamed, now that the effects of the soma had worn off, of the weakness he had displayed that morning in the hotel, he went out of his way to show himself strong and unorthodox.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Its holdings include Staples, an office-supply retailer, and KnitWell Group, which oversees Talbots, Soma and Ann Taylor, among other fashion brands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Meanwhile a contract for a 50-megawatt solar power plant in Soma has also been awarded, he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

“What’s really disturbing is that we’ve noticed our marginalized communities are getting further marginalized in this process,” said Soma Snakeoil, co-founder and executive director of the Sidewalk Project.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025

Jason’s pointing to a letterboard fits broadly with the Rapid Prompting Method invented by Soma Mukhopadhyay, who has worked directly with Jason in the past.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2024

Tradition has it that modern Sharia Nabi Danyal corresponds to the Street of the Soma, ancient Alexandria’s primary north—south byway.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

The somas of motor neurons are found in the ventral portion of the gray matter of the spinal cord.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The somas of sensory neurons are located in dorsal root ganglia.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Another of the somas belonged to the Siamese king, and was being laden to go to China for the purpose of trading lead, ivory, silver, leather, etc.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

The cakes were called Soul-mass or "somas" cakes.

From The Book of Hallowe'en by Ruth Edna Kelley

Afterward three other somas were discovered, which were coming from Siam.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

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