comatose

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co·ma·tose

(kō′mə-tōs′, kŏm′ə-)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or affected with coma; unconscious.

2. Marked by lethargy; torpid.

[Greek kōma, kōmat-, deep sleep + -ose.]

co′ma·tose′ly adv.

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comatose

(ˈkəʊməˌtəʊs; -ˌtəʊz)

adj

1. (Pathology) in a state of coma

2. torpid; lethargic

ˈcomaˌtosely adv

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com•a•tose

(ˈkɒm əˌtoʊs, ˈkoʊ mə-)

adj.

1. affected with or characterized by coma.

2. lacking vitality or alertness; torpid.

[1745–55; < Greek komat-, s. of kôma coma¹ + -ose¹]

com′a•tose`ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	comatose - relating to or associated with a coma; "comatose breathing"; "comatose state"
	2.	comatose - in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli; "a comatose patient" unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor"

comatose

adjective

1. unconscious, in a coma, out cold, insensible, insensate The right side of my brain had been so severely bruised that I was comatose for a month.

2. inert, stupefied, out cold, somnolent, torpid, insensible, dead to the world (informal), drugged Granpa lies comatose on the sofa.

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Translations

comatose

[ˈkəʊmətəʊs] ADJ → comatoso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

comatose

[ˈkəʊmətəʊz ˈkəʊmətəʊs] adj

(= in a coma) → comateux/euse

(= asleep) → comateux/euse

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

comatose

adj → komatös

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

comatose

[ˈkəʊməˌtəʊs] adj → comatoso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

co·ma·tose

a. comatoso-a;

in a ___ state → en estado de coma.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

comatose

adj comatoso, en coma

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And I might well have died there, for Nelson and the others, deeming me merely "sleeping off my drunk," had let me lie there in a comatose condition for seventeen hours.

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At the time of their arrival her ladyship's condition was comatose, her breathing being highly stertorous.

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Then Mrs Bangham, long popular medium of communication with the outer world, began to be infirm, and to be found oftener than usual comatose on pavements, with her basket of purchases spilt, and the change of her clients ninepence short.

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In the hours that had passed, the fits of sleep, or the comatose condition that passed for it, had grown more frequent, so that the pauses when conversation was possible were shortened.

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And he sat up and saw the comatose trio for himself.

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