coma
IPA: kˈoʊmʌ
noun
- A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
- (astronomy) A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
- (optics) A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.
- (botany) 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.
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Examples of "coma" in Sentences
- She then lapses into a fitful coma.
- Apparently he is in the state of coma.
- The Emperor is in a coma in stasis somewhere.
- First, the coma and the point are decimal separators.
- Unfortunately, the guard is in a coma from the blast.
- Coma is the inability to make any purposeful response.
- The rector sank into a coma and died the next morning.
- The ruler of the Universe is neither in stasis nor in a coma.
- Her mother is forced into a coma for the majority of the series.
- Coma Pedrosa is the highest point in the principality of Andorra.