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Look up: soma

  1. Soma
    Cell body/nucleus that houses our genetic code.
    Found on http://www.gerardkeegan.co.uk/glossary/g

  2. Soma
    [n] - leafless East Indian vine 2. [n] - personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. soma
    Intoxicating drink made from the fermented sap of the Asclepias acida plant, used in Indian religious ritual as a sacrifice to the gods. Its consumption also constituted the central rite in...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  4. SOMA
    Student Osteopathic Medical Association
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/~mlshams/acrony

  5. soma
    the body as distinct from the mind; 2)all the body tissue except the germ cells; 3)all the axial body Category: Medicine
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Soma
    So'ma (sō'mȧ) noun [ New Latin , from Greek sw^ma , sw`matos , the body.] (Anat.) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. B. G. Wilder.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/142

  7. soma
    <anatomy> The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr, the body. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. soma
    haoma noun leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Soma
    noun personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Soma
    `Soma` , or `Haoma` (Avestan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *`sauma-`, was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the later Vedic and greater Persian cultures. It is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda, which contains many hymns praising its energizing qualities. In the Avesta, Haoma has an entire `Yasht` dedicated to it. It is described as prepared by pressing juice from the stalks of a certain mountain plant, which has been...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma

  11. soma
    (so´mә) the body as distinguished from the mind. the body tissue as distinguished from the germ cells. the cell body. adj., so´mal, somat´ic., adj.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  12. Soma
    • (n.) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. soma
    in ancient Indian cult worship, an unidentified plant, the juice of which was a fundamental offering of the Vedic sacrifices. The stalks of the ... [12 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/123

  14. soma
    in biology, all the living matter of an animal or a plant except the reproductive, or germ, cells. The distinction between the soma and the germ ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/123

  15. Soma
    Soma is a Hindu girl name. The meaning of the name is `Luna` The name Soma doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Soma seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Som

  16. soma
    soma (sō'mu) , psychotropic plant, the juice of which was sometimes drunk as part of the Vedic sacrifice (see Veda). Many hymns in the Rig-Veda are in praise of soma. In the late Vedic period substitutes for soma came to be used, and the original plant was lost. It has recently been identi...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  17. Soma
    One of the three important gods of the Vedic religion, about whom the ninth book of the Rig-Veda centers. This god is associated with the plant growing in northern India which was made into an intoxicating liquor. The effects of this drink became associated with supernatural powers. -- V.F.
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/s.html


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