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Somalia affair
The Somalia affair was a 1992-1993 Canadian military scandal in which Canadian Airborne Regiment soldiers tortured and killed Somali teenager Shidane Arone, triggering the Létourneau commission, the Dishonoured Legacy report, the regiment's disbandment, and military justice reform.
Somalia sanctions regime and monitoring
The Somalia sanctions regime is the set of UN Security Council measures on Somalia beginning with the 1992 arms embargo, monitored by a Panel of Experts and Monitoring Group in Nairobi.
Somaliland
Somaliland (Soomaaliland), Republic of Somaliland: self-governing de facto state in the Horn of Africa, capital Hargeisa, independent from Somalia since 18 May 1991; unrecognized until Israel's recognition on 26 December 2025.
Somaliland campaign (1920)
The Somaliland campaign, also known as the Fifth Expedition of the Somaliland Campaign, was a 1920 British operation in which the RAF destroyed Mohammed Abdullah Hassan's Dervish power.
Somaliland Declaration of Independence
Somaliland Declaration of Independence: proclamation of 18 May 1991 at Burao by the Somali National Movement and clan leaders, restoring independence from Somalia; unrecognized until Israel's 2025 recognition.
Somaliland Peace Process
The Somaliland Peace Process was the series of clan reconciliation conferences, mostly held 1991–1997, that ended civil war in northwestern Somalia and founded the self-declared Republic of Somaliland.
Somaliland War of Independence
The Somaliland War of Independence was the armed struggle waged from 1981 to 1991 by the Isaaq-led Somali National Movement against President Siad Barre's regime.
Somaliland–Puntland dispute
The Somaliland–Puntland dispute is a territorial conflict between Somaliland and Somalia's Puntland state over the Sool, Sanaag, and Ayn regions, with recurring clashes since 2002, including the 2023 war over Las Anod.
SomaLogic
SomaLogic was a proteomics company in Boulder, Colorado, founded by Larry Gold in 2000; its SomaScan assay measures thousands of proteins from a small blood sample.
Soman
Soman, also known as soman nerve gas, is a human-made organophosphorus nerve agent developed in Germany in 1944, a clear colorless liquid that inhibits acetylcholinesterase and can kill within minutes.
Soman Chainani
Soman Chainani (born 1979, Key Biscayne, Florida) is the American author of The School for Good and Evil fairy-tale series, over 4.5 million copies sold, a 2022 Netflix film, Beasts & Beauty, and the 2026 political thriller Young World.
Soman N. Abraham
Soman N. Abraham is an American immunologist, the Grace Kerby Distinguished Professor of Pathology at Duke University Medical Center, known for mast cell vaccine adjuvants and bacterial expulsion from infected cells.
Somananda
Somananda (सोमानन्द) was a Kashmiri Brahmin and Śākta Śaiva tāntrika, c. 900–950, whose Śivadṛṣṭi founded the Pratyabhijñā (Recognition) school of nondual Kashmiri Śaivism, teaching that all beings are identical with Śiva.
Somapacitan
Somapacitan (Sogroya) is Novo Nordisk's once-weekly, reversible albumin-binding human growth hormone analog for growth hormone deficiency in adults and children 2.5 years and older, FDA-approved August 28, 2020.
Somapura Mahavihara
Somapura Mahavihara (সোমপুর মহাবিহার) is a ruined Buddhist monastery at Paharpur in northwestern Bangladesh, founded in the late 8th century by the Pala king Dharmapala.
Somaraji Taila
Somaraji Taila (Somraji Taila) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated oil led by Bakuchi (Psoralea corylifolia), listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India for Shvitra and Kushtha and applied externally for ringworm, vitiligo, and other skin diseases.
SOMAscan assay
The SOMAscan assay, also written SomaScan, is an aptamer-based proteomics platform that measures about 11,000 human proteins from small serum or plasma samples, using modified DNA aptamers called SOMAmers.
Somasekar Seshagiri
Somasekar Seshagiri, known as Sekar Seshagiri, is a cancer genomics researcher who spent 21 years at Genentech and first-authored a 2012 Nature study of R-spondin fusions in colon cancer.
Somaskanda
Somaskanda is an iconographic form of the Hindu god Shiva seated with his consort Uma and their son Skanda, the prevailing family image in Pallava and Chola sculpture.
Somasteroidea
Somasteroidea is an extinct basal class of asterozoan echinoderms, also called somasteroids, defined by rod-like virgal ossicles; known from the Early Ordovician to late Devonian of France, the Czech Republic, and Nevada.
Somateria mollissima
Somateria mollissima, the common eider (Eider à duvet), is a large circumpolar sea duck of Anatidae, the Northern Hemisphere's largest duck, nesting in down-lined colonies and listed IUCN Near Threatened.
Somatic cell
Somatic cells are any body cells in an organism other than reproductive germ cells, such as skin or neurons, which contribute to the body and not offspring.
Somatic cell count
Somatic cell count (SCC), or bulk tank SCC, counts white blood cells per milliliter of milk as an indicator of udder health and mastitis; limits range from 400,000 cells/mL (EU) to 750,000 (US).
Somatic delusion
Somatic delusion (ICD-11 MB26.09; delusional disorder, somatic type in DSM-5): a fixed false belief of disease, defect, or infestation of the body, seen in delusional disorder, schizophrenia, mood psychosis, and substance- or medical-induced psychosis.
Somatic embryogenesis
Somatic embryogenesis (SE) is a plant tissue culture process in which somatic cells form embryos without fertilization, first demonstrated in carrot in 1958 and used for clonal propagation.
Somatic experiencing
Somatic Experiencing (SE), developed by Peter A. Levine, is a body-oriented trauma therapy using interoception, titration, and pendulation; first RCT (Brom 2017) showed large PTSD symptom reductions, but overall evidence remains preliminary.
Somatic hallucinations
Somatic hallucinations (ICD-11 MB27.25) are false perceptions of internal bodily sensations, such as organs moving, without external stimuli; bodily or proximity-sense hallucinations, less common than auditory ones (4-19% in psychosis) and usually multimodal.
Somatic mutation analysis
Somatic mutation analysis is the sequencing of tumor DNA to identify acquired, non-inherited mutations for cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and targeted therapy selection, typically by paired tumor-normal testing.
Somatic nervous system
Somatic nervous system (SoNS): PNS division for voluntary movement and sensory input via skeletal muscles; 12 cranial and 31 spinal nerve pairs, single-neuron efferent path releasing acetylcholine, distinct from the two-neuron autonomic system.
Somatic stem cell
Somatic stem cell, also called adult stem cell: a multipotent, self-renewing cell in almost all adult tissues, driving regeneration and homeostasis; distinct from pluripotent embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells.