comatose
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- adjective
- /ˈkoʊməˌtoʊs/
:
comatoso
- During the long winter months, he felt almost comatose, with no energy to do anything.
- comatose state
Examples
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The doctors were unsure if she would recover from her comatose state after the surgery.
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Hospital room Terrence lies comatose under a clear plastic oxygen tent.
Fiction book (1997) -
But it's in this this essentially comatose state and never does anything, never thinks anything.
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The poor thing was practically comatose.
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An ambulance took her to Las Vegas, where she now lies comatose in intensive care.
Fiction book (1993) -
In the next bed is his girlfriend, Corinne, comatose and near death.
Fiction book (1995) -
Lester went home early to lay in bed, nearly comatose, staring at the ceiling.
Fiction book (1996) -
If the patient is comatose, unresponsive, or uncooperative, continuous compartment monitoring should be used.
Academic text (2004) -
We purposely keep patients with traumatic brain injuries in a comatose state in order to calm their systems and allow the brain time to heal itself while the swelling subsides.
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After the accident, he lay comatose in the hospital, unresponsive to any stimuli.
Synonyms
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4.2
Not awake and not able to respond to people or things
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Unconscious or sleeping very deeply
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8.9
Unable to move or respond after a serious shock, often caused by illness
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4.2
Unconscious and unable to feel or respond
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9.9
Partly unconscious and not fully able to respond to people
Deeply unconscious and not responding to sound or touch
Antonyms
How Conscious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Comatose comes from the Greek word koma, which means 'deep sleep' and is the root of the English word coma. So to be comatose is to be in a very deep, unresponsive sleep, like being in a coma.