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Webster 1913 Edition


Coma


Co′ma

(kō′mȧ)
,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
κῶμα
lethargy, fr.
κοιμᾶν
to put to sleep. See
Cemetery
.]
A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See
Carus
.

Co′ma

,
Noun.
[L., hair, fr. Gr.
κόμη
.]
1.
(Astron.)
The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.
2.
(Bot.)
A tuft or bunch, – as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
Coma Berenices
[L.]
(Astron.)
,
a small constellation north of Virgo; – called also
Berenice’s Hair
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Coma

COMA

,
Noun.
Lethargy; dozing; a preternatural propensity to sleep; a kind of stupor of diseased persons.

COMA

, n.
1.
In botany, a species of bracte, terminating the stem of a plant, in a tuft or bush; as in crown-imperial.
2.
In astronomy, hairiness; the hairy appearance that surrounds a comet, when the earth or the spectator is between the comet and the sun.

Definition 2024


coma

coma

See also: comma, čoma, čomā, and cơ mà

English

Noun

coma (plural comas)

  1. A state of sleep from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
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Translations

Etymology 2

  • From Latin coma (hair of the head), from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, hair).

    Noun

    coma (plural comae)

    1. (astronomy) A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
    2. (optics) A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that should be points.
    3. (botany) A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
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    Asturian

    Verb

    coma

    1. first-person singular present subjunctive of comer
    2. third-person singular present subjunctive of comer

    Catalan

    Etymology 1

    From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, deep sleep).

    Noun

    coma m (plural comes)

    1. coma (deep sleep)

    Etymology 2

    From Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).

    Noun

    coma f (plural comes)

    1. comma (punctuation mark)
    Derived terms

    Dutch

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    coma n (plural coma's)

    1. coma (state of unconsciousness)

    Noun

    coma f (plural coma's, diminutive comaatje n)

    1. coma (head of a comet)

    French

    Noun

    coma m (plural comas)

    1. coma (state of unconciousness)
      • 1825, Etienne-Marin Bailly, Traité anatomico-pathologique des fièvres intermittentes simples et pernicieuses
        Le coma suivi de symptômes convulsifs, est moins dangereux que lorsqu'il leur succède, à moins que dans ce dernier cas il soit nerveux, et que le malade se réveille facilement, on exécute, sinon des mouvements volontaires, au moins des mouvements automatiques.
        (please add an English translation of this usage example)

    Derived terms


    Galician

    Verb

    coma

    1. first-person singular present subjunctive of comer
    2. third-person singular present subjunctive of comer

    Italian

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, deep sleep).

    Noun

    coma m (invariable)

    1. coma (sleep)

    Anagrams


    Ladin

    Noun

    coma f (plural comes)

    1. (Val di Fassa, law) subsection
    2. (Val di Fassa, orthography) comma

    Synonyms

    • (comma): vìrgola

    Latin

    Etymology

    Borrowing from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, hair of the head)

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    coma f (genitive comae); first declension

    1. The hair of the head.
    2. foliage

    Inflection

    First declension.

    Case Singular Plural
    nominative coma comae
    genitive comae comārum
    dative comae comīs
    accusative comam comās
    ablative comā comīs
    vocative coma comae

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    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, deep sleep).

    Noun

    coma m (plural comas)

    1. coma, state of unconsciousness

    Etymology 2

    From Latin coma.

    Noun

    coma f (plural comas)

    1. abundant hair of the head
    2. mane
    3. (astronomy) comet coma
    Synonyms

    See also

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    coma

    1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of comer
    2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of comer
    3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of comer
    4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of comer

    Scottish Gaelic

    Etymology

    From Old Irish cummae, from Proto-Indo-European *kom-smiyo-, from *kom (beside, with, by) + *sem- (one, as one).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    coma

    1. indifferent, unconcerned
      • Tha e coma.
        He couldn't care less.
      • 'S mi a tha coma dè thachras.
        I don't give a damn what happens.
      • Coma de sin!
        Never mind that! Forget that!
    2. reckless, careless

    Derived terms

    References

    • cummae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    From Latin comma.

    Noun

    coma f (plural comas)

    1. comma
    2. (church) misericord
    3. (music) section
    Related terms

    Etymology 2

    From Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, deep sleep).

    Noun

    coma f (plural comas)

    1. coma

    Etymology 3

    From Latin coma.

    Noun

    coma f (plural comas)

    1. (rare) mane
    Synonyms

    Etymology 4

    Verb

    coma

    1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of comer.
    2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of comer.
    3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of comer.
    4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of comer.

    Welsh

    Etymology

    Borrowing from English comma.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    coma m (plural comas)

    1. comma

    Synonyms

    Mutation

    Welsh mutation
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    coma goma nghoma choma
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
    possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.