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coma

Definition

  • noun: a state in which a sick or injured person is unconscious for a long time
  • noun: a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison
  • noun: a tufted bunch (as of branches, bracts, or seed hairs)
  • synonyms: ko, blackout, catalepsy

Examples

  • She was in a 'coma' for a year.

  • patients in (a state of) 'coma'

  • He went into a 'coma'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) against something. This is impossible. I just gave her enough sedative to put a horse to sleep! So give her another shot! It could bring her into a coma. For Christ's sake, Olivia, she's going to kill herself down there! Go get the shot! I gotta get the shrapnel out of my ram. (..)
    2013 Evil Dead