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so·ma
I. \ˈsōmə\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Sanskrit; akin to Avestan haoma haoma, Greek hyei it is raining — more at suck
1. : an East Indian leafless vine (Sarcostemma acidum) of the family Asclepiadaceae that yields a somewhat acidulous milky juice
2. : an intoxicating plant juice of ancient India used as an offering to the gods and as a drink of immortality by worshipers in Vedic ritual and worshiped in personified form as a Vedic god — compare haoma
II. noun
(plural soma·ta \-məd.ə, -ətə\ ; also somas)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: New Latin somat-, soma, from Greek sōmat-, sōma body
1. : the whole of any organism except its germ cells
2. [Greek sōmat-, sōma] : body 1a — opposed to psyche
3. : cell body |