soma

IPA: sˈoʊmʌ

(anatomy) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
The corporeal body, as distinguished from the psyche or soul and the pneuma or spirit.
(cytology) The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus.
(Vedic religion) A ritual drink in ancient Vedic culture, obtained by pressing the Soma plant.
(by extension, science fiction) Any kind of intoxicating drug.
(Hinduism) The soma juice, capitalized usually when mentioned in personified, deified form.
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Acronym of South of Market. A neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States [A surname.]
Acronym of South Main. A neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [An area in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.]

Examples of "soma" in Sentences

Soma Cruz is a good example of that.
Emerging out from the soma is the axon hillock.
The chicken is the soma, the egg is the germ cell.
For haoma's relationship to Vedic soma, see comparison to 'soma'.
Soma Bhagat was attending to the supply of water for the barley crop.
The basal dendrites arise from the base of the pyramidal cell's soma.
The apical dendrites arise from the apex of the pyramidal cell's soma.
However, the axon can connect directly to the soma, the neuron cell body.
The part of the axon where it emerges from the soma is called the axon hillock.
In Bondapahad, I have painted Soma Muduli as the unassertive presiding Gandhian spirit.