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Coma

Coma Meaning & Definition
Coma Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Coma?

[n] a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury
[n] (astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed
[n] a usually terminal tuft of hairs especially on a seed

Synonyms | Synonyms for Coma: comatoseness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Coma: blackout | catalepsy | catatonia | catatony | dullness | encephalitis lethargica | faint | grayout | hebetude | high | kayo | knockout | KO | languor | lassitude | lethargy | lipothymia | lipothymy | narcohypnosis | narcolepsy | narcoma | narcosis | narcotic stupor | narcotization | nirvana | nirvana principle | nod | nothingness | oblivion | obliviousness | sedation | semiconsciousness | senselessness | shock | sleep | sleeping sickness | slumber | sopor | stupor | swoon | syncope | thanatosis | torpidity | torpor | trance | unconsciousness

See Also | cloud | comet | diabetic coma | fuzz | hair | hepatic coma | Kussmaul's coma | tomentum | unconsciousness

Coma In Webster's Dictionary

\Co"ma\ (k[=o]"m[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kw^ma lethargy, fr. koima^n to put to sleep. See {Cemetery}.] A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See {Carus}.
\Co"ma\, n. [L., hair, fr. Gr. ko`mh.] 1. (Astron.) The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet. 2. (Bot.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds. {Coma Berenices}[L.] (Astron.), a small constellation north of Virgo; -- called also {Berenice's Hair}.

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