APA Dictionary of Psychology

soma

Updated on 04/19/2018
n.
  1. the physical body (Greek, “body”), as distinguished from the mind or spirit (see soul). See mind–body problem.
  2. in neuroscience, the cell body of a neuron.
  3. a plant regarded as sacred (and personified as the plant god Soma) by ancient Aryan peoples, which some experts have hypothesized to be fly agaric (Amanita muscaria).

Soma

Updated on 04/19/2018
n. a trade name for carisoprodol.

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