Meaning

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

    go into a coma

    slip into a coma

    Koma

    ко́маkóma

    ко́маkóma

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

  2. A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.

    Koma

    ко́маkóma

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

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

  4. 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.

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

Examples

154 sentences
  1. Tom is still in a coma.

    Том і досі в комі.

    ruТом до сих пор в коме.

    deTom liegt noch im Koma.

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  2. Tom never came out of his coma.

    Том так і не вийшов із коми.

    ruТом так и не вышел из комы.

    deTom ist aus seinem Koma nie erwacht.

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  3. I was in a coma for three months.

    Я три місяці був у комі.

    ruЯ три месяца пробыл в коме.

    deIch lag drei Monate lang im Koma.

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  4. Tom has been in a coma for months.

    Том знаходиться в комі протягом місяців.

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  5. Tom was in a coma.

    Том був у комі.

    ruТом был в коме.

    deTom lag im Koma.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
Deep sleep:

Origin

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

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

Learned borrowing from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair of the head”).

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Forms

plural: comas / comae
Singularcoma
Pluralcomas / comae

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury:comatoseness

Word family

14 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • in a coma
  • a coma for
  • coma for three
  • into a coma
  • of his coma
  • a coma and

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
coma — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto