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COMATOSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli

Example:

a comatose patient

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unconscious (not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead)

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or associated with a coma

Example:

comatose state

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

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