Definition of Soma

1. Noun. Leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink.

Exact synonyms: Haoma, Sarcostemma Acidum
Generic synonyms: Vine
Group relationships: Genus Sarcostemma, Sarcostemma

2. Noun. Personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual.
Generic synonyms: Hindu Deity

3. Noun. Alternative names for the body of a human being. "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

Definition of Soma

1. n. The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.

Definition of Soma

1. Proper noun. A South of Market ¹

2. Proper noun. (Hinduism) The soma juice, capitalized usually when mentioned in personified, deified form. ¹

3. Proper noun. (Sanskrit female given name) used in India. ¹

4. Noun. (anatomy) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. ¹

5. Noun. (cytology) The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus. ¹

6. Noun. A ritual drink in ancient Vedic and Persian cultures, dating to common Indo-Iranian period. ¹

7. Noun. (context: by extension) any kind of intoxicating drug ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Soma

1. the body of an organism [n -MATA or -MAS] : SOMATIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Soma

1. The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, the body. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soma

solvolyses
solvolysis
solvolytic
solvomolalities
solvomolality
solvophilic
solvophobic
solvophobicity
solwy
solyanka
solyankas
solœcism
solœcisms
solœcistic
som
soma (current term)
somaclonal variation
somaesthesia
somaesthesis
somaesthetic
somaesthetically
somaesthetics
somaj
somal
somalo
soman
somans
somas

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