coma
noun
[ ˈkəʊmə ]
• a prolonged state of deep unconsciousness, caused especially by severe injury or illness.
• "she went into a coma"
Similar:
unconsciousness,
insensibility,
stupor,
oblivion,
inertia,
blackout,
collapse,
torpor,
trance,
persistent vegetative state,
PVS,
sopor,
Origin:
mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek kōma ‘deep sleep’; related to koitē ‘bed’ and keisthai ‘lie down’.
coma
noun
• a diffuse cloud of gas and dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
Origin:
early 17th century (in botanical sense ‘tuft of hairs on seed’): via Latin from Greek komē ‘hair of the head’.
