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coma en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkoʊmə/ (US)
  • /ˈkəʊmə/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • kōʹmə (US)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).

Meanings

  1. A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
    • slip into a coma
    • go into a coma
    • I wonder if a person who comes out of a coma feels refreshed and well rested. 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 208:
    • come out of a coma
    • An a aphrodisiac, it results in santonin poisoning, followed by coma and death. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 215:

Forms

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comas Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

turkey coma · coma vigil · food coma · semicoma · comatose · precoma · coma vigile · comatic · hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketoic coma · pseudocoma · hyperosmolar coma · comalike · induced coma · dot-coma

Relateds

persistent vegetative state · brain death · comatose

Translations (69)

nb koma (Deep sleep) · da koma (Deep sleep) · sl koma (Deep sleep) · fr coma (Deep sleep) · cmn 昏睡 (Deep sleep) · lt koma (Deep sleep) · pl koma (Deep sleep) · hy կոմա (Deep sleep) · lo ອະສັນ (Deep sleep) · hi कोमा (Deep sleep) · sh ко̏ма (Deep sleep) · ru ко́ма (Deep sleep) · tk koma (Deep sleep) · lb Koma (Deep sleep) · ta ஆழ்மயக்கம் (Deep sleep) · fo óvit (Deep sleep) · sk bezvedomie (Deep sleep) · be ко́ма (Deep sleep) · ur کوما (Deep sleep) · et kooma (Deep sleep) · cy côma (Deep sleep) · pl śpiączka (Deep sleep) · tr koma (Deep sleep) · mn ухаангүй (Deep sleep) · ja 昏睡 (Deep sleep) · az koma (Deep sleep) · ro comă (Deep sleep) · cs kóma (Deep sleep) · hu kóma (Deep sleep) · th โคม่า (Deep sleep) · sv koma (Deep sleep) · it coma (Deep sleep) · is(Deep sleep) · id koma (Deep sleep) · grc κῶμα (Deep sleep) · mk ко́ма (Deep sleep) · la cōma (Deep sleep) · vi hôn mê (Deep sleep) · el κώμα (Deep sleep) · ca coma (Deep sleep) · is svefndá (Deep sleep) · fi kooma (Deep sleep) · mi mauringaro (Deep sleep) · is dauðadá (Deep sleep) · eo komato (Deep sleep) · fi tajuttomuus (Deep sleep) · cs bezvědomí (Deep sleep) · ka კომა (Deep sleep) · ky кома (Deep sleep) · mi maurimate (Deep sleep) · de Koma (Deep sleep) · sk kóma (Deep sleep) · nn koma (Deep sleep) · uk ко́ма (Deep sleep) · tg кома (Deep sleep) · cmn 昏迷 (Deep sleep) · ko 혼수 (Deep sleep) · fa کما (Deep sleep) · lv koma (Deep sleep) · pt coma (Deep sleep) · he תַּרְדֶּמֶת (Deep sleep) · nl coma (Deep sleep) · ar غَيْبُوبَة (Deep sleep) · bg ко́ма (Deep sleep) · gl coma (Deep sleep) · uz koma (Deep sleep) · es coma (Deep sleep) · kk кома (Deep sleep) · sh kȍma (Deep sleep)

coma en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkoʊmə/ (US)
  • /ˈkəʊmə/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • kōʹmə (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē)bor. Latin comalbor. English coma Learned borrowing from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair of the head”).

Meanings

  1. A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
  2. A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.
  3. A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.

Forms

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comae Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (19)

el χαίτη (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · gl coma (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · cmn 彗差 (Defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images) · fi huntu (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · cs koma (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · pl koma (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · ru ко́ма (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · de Koma (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · cmn 彗髮 /彗发 (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · fi koma (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · bg глава (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · el κόμη (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · fr coma (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · ja コマ (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · nl coma (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · fr chevelure (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · el ουρά (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus) · cs koma (Defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images) · ca cabellera (Cloud surrounding a comet nucleus)