somata

Noun (1)

soma (plural somas or somata)

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.

   Synonyms:

   bod, body, bones, flesh, carcass, likam, quarrons

Noun (2)

soma (uncountable)

1. (Vedic) 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) 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

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