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Stomata vs Somata - What's the difference?

stomata | somata |

As nouns the difference between stomata and somata

is that stomata is while somata is .

stomata

English

Noun

(head)
  • (stoma)

    • stoma

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia stoma) (en-noun)
  • (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.

    • Related terms

    * ostomy * -stomy

    Anagrams

    * * * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    somata

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • * {{quote-journal, 2009, date=January 18, Leopoldo Petreanu et al., The subcellular organization of neocortical excitatory connections, Nature, url=, doi=10.1038/nature07709, volume=457, issue=7233, pages=1142-1145
    • , passage=As a consequence, the peak values of the distribution of inputs were sometimes centred on the somata , although somata are mostly devoid of excitatory synapses (Figs 2 and 3 ). }}