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coma

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) coma (noun)
  2. 2) coma (noun)
  3. Coma Berenices (noun)
  4. coma vigil (noun)

1co·ma

noun \ˈkō-mə\

Definition of COMA

1
: a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison
2
: a state of mental or physical sluggishness : torpor

Origin of COMA

New Latin, from Greek kōma deep sleep
First Known Use: 1646

Other Medicine Terms

analgesia, angina, diabetes, hepatitis, homeopathy, logorrhea, palliate, pandemic

Rhymes with COMA

chroma, noma, soma, stoma, stroma

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