coma
[noun]
Synonyms: unconsciousness, oblivion, stupor, trance

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co‧ma /ˈkəʊmə $ ˈkoʊ-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: Greek koma 'deep sleep']
someone who is in a coma has been unconscious for a long time, usually because of a serious illness or injury
be in/go into/come out of a coma
He went into a coma and died soon afterwards.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

coma
noun
ADJ. deep | irreversible
VERB + COMA fall into, go into, sink into, slip into He sank into a coma after suffering a brain haemorrhage.
come out of
COMA + NOUN victim
PREP. in a/the ~ He has been in a coma since his car accident three months ago.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

coma

be in a coma
His son had been in a coma for three and a half years.
go into a coma
Mum went into a coma and died soon afterwards.
slip/lapse/fall/sink into a coma (=go into one)
Brett slipped into a coma from which he never awakened.
relapse into a coma (=go into a coma again)
She was making progress, but then she suddenly relapsed into a coma.
come out of a coma (also emerge from a coma formal)
Alice wanted to be there when he came out of his coma.
a deep coma
After the accident, she spent ten days in a deep coma.
an irreversible coma (=a permanent one)
He had been in an irreversible coma since the disaster.
a coma victim (=someone who is in a coma)
There are various techniques for helping coma victims to regain consciousness.
a coma patient
a long-term coma patient

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