noun

• (anatomy) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
• (biology) The body of an organism in contrast to the germ cells.
• (cytology) The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus.
• (philosophy) The corporeal body, as distinguished from the psyche or soul and the pneuma or spirit.

noun

• (Vedic religion) A ritual drink in ancient Vedic culture, obtained by pressing the Soma plant.
  "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."
• (by extension, science fiction) Any kind of intoxicating drug.
  "[…] there is always soma, delicious soma, half a gramme for a half-holiday, a gramme for a week-end, two grammes for a trip to the gorgeous East, three for a dark eternity on the moon […]"

name

• (Hinduism) The soma juice, capitalized usually when mentioned in personified, deified form.