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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

Example Sentences

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soma Soma somas

Shanghai feels like it’s having a soma moment.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2022

A pseudounipolar cell has a single process that extends from the soma, like a unipolar cell, but this process later branches into two distinct structures, like a bipolar cell.

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

Back in Begusarai, Soma remains in a hospital bed, frequently disturbed by visits from journalists, politicians, and social workers.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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

It was only the second spell-off in the history of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and Bruhat Soma rattled off a head-spinning 29 correctly spelled words in 90 seconds, including heautophany, nachschläge and puszta.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2024

Soma was yearning aloud for one more Big Thing as she approached mandatory retirement.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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

The galleons entered the bay of Siam, and found three somas on the bar.

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

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

The galleons went to the coasts of Ligor and Siam, and discovered three somas, freight ships of these seas.

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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