First Known Use: 1827
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1soma
noun so·ma \ˈsō-mə\
Definition of SOMA
: an intoxicating juice from a plant of disputed identity that was used in ancient India as an offering to the gods and as a drink of immortality by worshippers in Vedic ritual and worshipped in personified form as a Vedic god
Origin of SOMA
Sanskrit; akin to Avestan haoma, a Zoroastrian ritual drink, Sanskrit sunoti he presses out
2soma
noun
plural so·ma·ta \ˈsō-mə-tə\ or somas
Definition of SOMA
1
: the body of an organism
2
: all of an organism except the germ cells
3
Origin of SOMA
New Latin somat-, soma, from Greek sōmat-, sōma body
First Known Use: circa 1885
Medical Dictionary
soma
noun so·ma \ˈsō-mə\
plural so·ma·ta \ˈsō-mət-ə\ or somas
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