Synonyms for coma
ˈkoʊ məco·ma

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1. coma

   Stupor is a condition of the body in which the action of the senses and faculties is suspended or greatly dulled — weakness or loss of sensibility. The apathy of disease is a mental affection, a state of morbid indifference; lethargy is a morbid tendency to heavy and continued sleep, from which the patient may perhaps be momentarily aroused. Coma is a deep, abnormal sleep, from which the patient can not be aroused, or is aroused only with difficulty, a state of profound insensibility, perhaps with full pulse and deep, stertorous breathing, and is due to brain-oppression. Syncope or swooning is a sudden loss of sensation and of power of motion, with suspension of pulse and of respiration, and is due to failure of heart-action, as from sudden nervous shock or intense mental emotion. Insensibility is a general term denoting loss of feeling from any cause, as from cold, intoxication, or injury. Stupor is especially profound and confirmed insensibility, properly comatose. Asphyxia is a special form of syncope resulting from partial or total suspension of respiration, as in strangulation, drowning, or inhalation of noxious gases.

   Synonyms:
   apathy, asphyxia, fainting, insensibility, lethargy, stupefaction, stupor, swoon, swooning, syncope, torpor, unconsciousness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. coma, comatosenessnoun

   a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury

   Synonyms:
   comatoseness

2. comanoun

   (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

   Synonyms:
   comatoseness

3. comanoun

   (astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed

   Synonyms:
   comatoseness

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. comanoun

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) lethargy, dozing, stupor, drowsiness (from disease)

2. comanoun

   Synonyms:
   (Astron.) envelope

3. comanoun

   Synonyms:
   (Bot.) tuft, cluster, bunch, clump

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "coma":

   comma, eat

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. COMA

   Synonyms:
   Combining Monteplase with Angioplasty

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1. Erica Groshen:

   Our economy is on life support now, we will be testing the waters in the next few months to see if it can emerge safely from our policy-induced coma.

2. Michal Drahus:

   We immediately noticed the familiar coma and tail that were not seen around Oumuamua, this is really cool because it means that our new visitor is one of these mythical and never-before-seen real interstellar comets.

3. Andrew Lerman:

   She knows where she is, who she is -- she's as sharp as a tack, usually, when somebody comes out of a coma like that, they say that the patients have delirium where they're very confused. From day one, she hasn't experienced any of that.

4. Al Cadenhead:

   It was like I came out of a coma and realized this was not normal and this is not how you do business, i know other people who've heard the story say 'How did a guy with a PhD fall victim?' I was the perfect victim. I've never been audited, never paid a traffic ticket. I don't know how to pay fines. How do I know they aren't stern and serious about everything?

5. Jaqueline Poitras:

   If you open the pamphlets in some of these boxes, some of the side effects are things like coma, death, this should have been the first drug of choice and not the last drug of choice.