soma noun¹. ['sǝʊmǝ] Orig. som. L18.
[Sanskrit. Cf. HOM.]
1. More fully soma plant. A plant of uncertain identity, probably an ephedra, whose juice was used in India etc. to prepare an intoxicating drink. L18.

2. The drink itself, used in Vedic ritual. L18.

3. [After a drug in Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World (1932).] A narcotic drug which produces euphoria and hallucination, distributed by the State in order to promote social harmony. M20.

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soma noun². ['sǝʊmǝ] L19.
[Greek sōma body.]
1. The body of an organism as distinct from the reproductive cells. L19.

2. Anatomy. The compact portion of a nerve cell, excluding the axon and dendrites. M20.

3. The body in contrast to the mind or the soul. Opp. psyche. M20.

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