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plural somas or somata
(anatomy) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. examples
The corporeal body, as distinguished from the psyche or soul and the pneuma or spirit. examples
(cytology) The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus.
uncountable
(Vedic religion) A ritual drink in ancient Vedic culture, obtained by pressing the Soma plant. quotations examples
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
(by extension, science fiction) Any kind of intoxicating drug. quotations examples
[…] 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