Soma (disambiguation)
Soma was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures.
Soma may also refer to:
In pharmacology, biology, and therapy
- Soma (biology) (or perikaryon), the cell body of a neuron
- Somatic cell, a non-gametic cell in a multicellular organism.
- Somatherapy, also Soma or SOMA, a Brazilian anarchist therapy
- Carisoprodol, a muscle relaxant drug which has the trade name Soma
In geography
- Sōma, Aomori, a village located in Nakatsugaru District in southern Aomori Prefecture, Japan
- Sōma, Fukushima, a city located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
- Sōma District, Fukushima, a district located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
- Soma, the Gambia, a town in Gambia
- Soma, Manisa, a town and district of Manisa Province in the Aegean region of Turkey
- South of Market, San Francisco, California (SoMa), a neighborhood in San Francisco
- South Main, a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- South Omaha, Nebraska, a former city and current district of Omaha, Nebraska
Music
- SomaFM, a listener-supported, commercial-free Internet radio station
- Soma Records, a Minneapolis record label
- Soma Quality Recordings, a record label co-founded by the duo Slam
- Soma (studio), a recording studio located in Chicago, USA
- SomaPlayer, an Internet radio tool for DJs
- Soma San Diego, a concert venue in San Diego, California
- Soma (Steve Roach & Robert Rich album), 1992
- Soma (Mallavoodoo album), 2006
- Soma (song), song from The Smashing Pumpkins' 1993 album Siamese Dream
- Soma, a song from Deadmau5's 2009 album For Lack of a Better Name
- Soma, a song from The Strokes' 2001 album Is This It
Fiction
- A fictional hallucinogenic drug in Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel, Brave New World and 1962 novel, Island
- Argento Soma, an anime series with a protagonist named Ryu Soma
- Soma Cruz, a character in the Castlevania video-game series
- Kukai Soma, a fictional character from the manga series Shugo Chara! by Peach-Pit
- Soma Peries, a fictional character from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam 00
- Prince Soma, a fictional character from the manga and anime Black Butler
Other
- School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona, one of three medical schools in Arizona
- Soma cube, a solid dissection puzzle invented by the Danish scientist Piet Hein in 1936
- Soma Bringer, a video game developed for the Nintendo DS by Monolith Soft that was released in Japan on February 28, 2008
- Service-oriented modeling, originally referred to as service-oriented modeling and architecture (SOMA) by IBM, a framework for software design
- Sharing of Ministries Abroad, an international Anglican charity
- Southern Ontario Model United Nations Association, the largest student-run model United Nations in North America
- Stephen O'Malley (born 1974), experimental musician and graphic designer also known by the pseudonym SOMA
- Soma (cannabis grower) (born 1949), American cannabis grower and breeder
See also