Soma vs Stoma - What's the difference?
soma | stoma |
(anatomy) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
(cytology) The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus.
A ritual drink in ancient Vedic and Persian cultures, dating to common Indo-Iranian period.
* 2006 , Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation , Atlantic Books 2007, p. 82:
(by extension) any kind of intoxicating drug
(botany) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
A small opening in a membrane; a surgically constructed opening, especially one in the abdominal wall that permits the passage of waste after a colostomy or ileostomy.
(zoology) A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.
An artificial anus.
As a proper noun soma
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* somatic * somiteEtymology 2
From (etyl) . (wikipedia soma)Noun
(-)- Once he had drunk the intoxicating soma , he experienced an ascent to the gods without having to die a violent death, as in the old ritual.
