1. The axial part of the body, i.e., head, neck, trunk, and tail, excluding the limbs. 2. All of an organism with the exception of the germ cells. SEE ALSO: body. 3. The body of a nerve cell, from which axons, dendrites, etc. project. [G. s., body]
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Student Osteopathic Medical Association; subjective, objective, management, and analytic [scale]
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1) the body of an organism
2) all of an organism except the germ cells
3) CELL BODY
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n.
1. the entire body excluding the germ cells.
2. the body as distinct from the mind.
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So·ma (soґmə) trademark for combination preparations of carisoprodol and aspirin.Medical dictionary. 2011.