coma

CEFRB2

/ˈkəʊmə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A deep state of unconsciousness lasting a long time.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.

Examples

  • Tom drifted in and out of a coma.

  • Tom was in a coma.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkoʊmə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.

  2. A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.

  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.

More examples

In context

  • come out of a coma

  • go into a coma

  • slip into a coma

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

After the car accident, the patient lay in a deep blank for three weeks.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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