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COMATOSE
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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:
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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