soma

1 of 2

noun (1)

so·​ma ˈsō-mə 

: 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

soma

2 of 2

noun (2)

plural somata ˈsō-mə-tə  or somas

1

: the body of an organism

2

: all of an organism except the germ cells

3

: cell body

Examples of soma in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

So, now to come back to this analogy, in us our soma are different from our germline, right? — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 June 2025

The lower classes do all the menial jobs, and are issued a dose of soma at the end of each workday. — Blaine Cooper, Star Tribune, 10 Apr. 2021

Somatics refers to practices that center the body, also known as the ‘soma’. — Evie Muir, refinery29.com, 5 Sep. 2024

One that understands that, indeed, our psyches and somas are intertwined. — Hannah Zeavin, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023

Only a cynic would say elevated inflation is guaranteed for years ahead – at least until the day robots are ironing your shirts and showering you with soma and free goods. — Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026

This work presents a planner that can automatically find an optimal assembly sequence for a dual-arm robot to assemble the soma blocks. — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Mar. 2020

This is a technocratic view of art’s purpose, one that reduces art to a type of soma for late capitalism’s weary workers, Apple’s dream employees on an eighteen-hour shift and counting. — Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Sanskrit; akin to Avestan haoma, a Zoroastrian ritual drink, Sanskrit sunoti he presses out

Noun (2)

New Latin somat-, soma, from Greek sōmat-, sōma body

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1827, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

circa 1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for soma

• chroma
• coma
• homa
• loma
• phoma
• stoma
• stroma
• toma
• adenocarcinoma
• choriocarcinoma
• pheochromocytoma
• ambystoma

Medical Definition

soma

1 of 2 noun

so·​ma ˈsō-mə 

plural somata ˈsō-mət-ə  or somas

1

: the body of an organism

2

: all of an organism except the germ cells

3

: cell body

Soma

2 of 2 trademark

So·​ma ˈsō-mə 

—used for a preparation of carisoprodol