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soma en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsəʊmə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsoʊmə/ (General-American)

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Meanings

1. The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
2. The body of an organism in contrast to the germ cells.
3. The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus.
4. The corporeal body, as distinguished from the psyche or soul and the pneuma or spirit.

Forms

Deriveds

idiosoma · somesthesia · opisthosoma · somal · metasoma · somatic · pyrosomal disease · resomation · mesosoma · somite

Relateds

somesthesis · -some · somascope · prosoma · somaclone · somaesthetics · somato-

Synonyms

carcass · bones · body · likam · bod · soma · flesh · quarrons

Translations (7)

es soma (body of an organism) · fi sooma (axial portion of an animal) · fi ruumis (axial portion of an animal) · it soma (axial portion of an animal) · es soma (Translations) · fi soma (axial portion of an animal) · pl soma (axial portion of an animal)

soma en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsəʊmə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsoʊmə/ (General-American)

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit सोम (soma). Doublet of haoma.

Meanings

1. (Vedic, uncountable) A ritual drink in ancient Vedic culture, obtained by pressing the Soma plant.
   • Once he had drunk the intoxicating soma, he experienced an ascent to the gods without having to die a violent death, as in the old ritual. 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books, published 2007, page 82:
2. (broadly, uncountable) Any kind of intoxicating drug.
   • […] there is always soma, delicious soma, half a gramme for a half-holiday, a gramme for a week-end, two grammes for a trip to the gorgeous East, three for a dark eternity on the moon […] 1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus:

Forms

Relateds

haoma

Translations (2)

fi soma (Translations) · sv soma (Translations)