Synonyms for coma


Grammar : Noun
Spell : koh-muh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkoʊ mə

Top 10 synonyms for coma Other synonyms for the word coma

Définition of coma

Origin :
  • state of prolonged unconsciousness, 1640s, from Latinized form of Greek koma (genitive komatos) "deep sleep," of uncertain origin.
  • noun deep unconsciousness
Example sentences :
  • It was the end; coma was coming; the mind was departing with the breath.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • It was not long before they were reduced to a coma of hunger.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • They sprinkled him with ginger, but it took a long time before he woke from his coma.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • In a condition almost of coma, he had no measure or count of the hours that passed.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • It was the coma of my whole being, as if a thunderbolt had struck me.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • It's more of a coma, something like the hibernation of a bear or a possum.
  • Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
  • I am glad to have been aroused by so sympathetic a spirit from the coma of thirty years.
  • Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
  • Suffering Cicero, has that inventive brain of yours gone into a coma!
  • Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
  • You are getting a condition of coma and that's the last thing you want.
  • Extract from : « The Green Rust » by Edgar Wallace
  • When I came out of coma Marla was standing at my bedside, smiling down at me.
  • Extract from : « Man Made » by Albert R. Teichner

Antonyms for coma

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