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somal

somal adjective: of or related to the soma, or cell body, of a neuron.

Adjective

somal (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to the soma, or cell body, of a neuron.
    • Gubernick, Sengelaub, and Kurz (1993) reported that mPOA neuron somal size increased in females following pregnancy, parturition and the initiation of maternal behavior.2007 December 11, Craig Howard Kinsley, Massimo Bardi, Kate Karelina, Brandi Rima, Lillian Christon, Julia Friedenberg, Garrett Griffin, “Motherhood Induces and Maintains Behavioral and Neural...

Noun capitalized: Somal

Somal (plural Somals or Somal)

  1. (archaic) Archaic form of Somali.

Forms of somal

pluralSomals
pluralSomal

Origin of somal

From soma + -al.

Clipping of Somali.

Words formed from somal

Questions about somal

What does somal mean?
Somal means of or related to the soma, or cell body, of a neuron.
What part of speech is somal?
Somal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near somal in the dictionary

  1. somaesthetics
  2. Somain
  3. somaj
  4. somajes
  5. somajs
  6. somal
  7. Somal-
  8. Somali
  9. Somali Coast Protectorate
  10. Somali crow
  11. Somali crows

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Adapted from Wiktionary: somal (page history and authors); Somal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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