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coma1 /kōˈmə/ noun- A deeply unconscious state characterized by absence of response to external and internal stimuli, caused by an accumulation of poison in the brain tissue, head injury, cerebral haemorrhage, etc
- Stupor
ORIGIN: Gr kōma, -atos comˈatose adjective - Affected with coma
- Extremely drowsy or sleeping heavily (facetious)
coma2 /kōˈmə/ noun (pl comˈae /-mē/)- A tuft of hairs attached to the testa of a seed (botany)
- A crown of leaves on certain trees
- The nebulous envelope of the head of a comet (astronomy)
- (the manifestation of) a defect in an optical system (eg in a telescope) in which the image of a point appears as a blurred pear-shaped patch (optics)
ORIGIN: Gr komē the hair of the head cōˈmal, cōˈmate, cōˈmose or cōˈmous adjective comatˈulid noun A feather star Coma Berenices /ber-ə-nīˈsēz/ noun Berenice's Hair, a small northern constellation |