comatoseadj.
/ˈkəʊmətəʊs/, /ˈkəʊmətəʊz/, /ˌkəʊməˈtəʊs/, U.S. /ˈkoʊməˌtoʊs/, /ˈkɑməˌtoʊz/ 1. Affected with coma; in a state of coma.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adjective] > affected with
comatose1755
comatous1761
1755 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 586/2 One who by eating mushrooms to excess was rendered so comatose that he could not feel the actual cautery..applied to his head.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi i. 28 His excellency..had taken nothing for the fever but a little camphor, and..became comatose.
2. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of coma.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adjective]
comatous1651
carotic1684
comatose1762
stupid headache1817
1762 R. Pulteney in Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 352 Syncopes..and comatose affections.
1854 ‘M. Harland’ Alone xv From delirium he was relapsing into a comatose state.
3. transferred. Drowsy, lethargic.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective]
unlustyc1225
sleepyc1384
phlegmatica1400
listlessc1440
owlist1440
unlisty1440
phlegmyc1450
sweyntc1450
supine1554
resty1565
unactive1591
sleepy-headed1600
log-like1602
inertious1611
stupefied?1611
lethargic1612
sedentary1625
torpent1647
torpid1656
torpulent1657
softly1664
inert1774
vegetative1789
spiritless1798
unenergetic1805
sloomy1820
slow-going1825
inenergetic1826
comatose1828
moony1847
mooning1864
torpid-minded1909
narcoleptic1965
vegged1986
1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 24 May (1941) 251 I met..my old..friend Lord Stowell, looking very frail and even comatose.
1860 R. W. Emerson Illusions in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 284 Wailing, stupid, comatose creatures.
Derivatives
ˈcomatosely adv. in a comatose manner.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adverb]
drowsily1581
sleepily1607
somnolently1615
sleepingly1638
oscitantly1645
slumberously1816
dozingly1831
comatosely1859
dozily1861
1859 F. E. Paget Curate of Cumberworth 149 Some have pursued the same train of thought quietly, and comatosely.
comaˈtoseness n. = comatosity n.
comaˈtosity n. comatose condition.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [noun]
stupora1398
congelation1577
obstupescence1598
carus1605
coma1646
comatosity1805
1805 Miniature No. 36 A learned disquisition on comatosity.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1755