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semicomatose

semicomatose

1 9.9
Partly unconscious and not fully able to respond to people
  • adjective
  • /ˌsɛmɪˈkoʊməˌtoʊs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : semicomatosa
  • The patient remained semicomatose for several hours, only responding to painful stimuli.

Examples

  • During the emergency room visit, the doctors confirmed that she was semicomatose and needed immediate care.

  • Two overweight, semicomatose teenage girls.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Sandy: She's semicomatose.

    Carnal Knowledge (1971)

  • After the car accident, he was found semicomatose but breathing steadily on the ground.

Synonyms

semiconscious
vssemicomatose
2 7.2

Partly awake but not fully aware of what is happening

is less responsive and nearer a partial coma with minimal reaction

Antonyms

conscious
179 3.8

Awake and able to feel or notice things around you

alert
137 3.5

A state of being ready and watchful for possible danger

How Conscious

alert
82 2.8
drowsy
22 2.7
semicomatose
  • Specialized
1 9.9
stuporous
  • Specialized
1 9.6
comatose
35 7.8

Surface Forms

semicomatose positive

Morphology

semicomatose = comatose (transparent) = semi + comatose

The meaning is directly compositional: 'semi-' means partly, so the word means partly comatose.

Etymology

Semicomatose starts with semi- meaning 'half' and includes coma meaning 'deep sleep', so you can imagine someone as 'half in a deep sleep'. That's why a person who is semicomatose is only partly unconscious and not fully awake.