coma

Definitions


[ˈkəʊmə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a prolonged state of deep unconsciousness, caused especially by severe injury or illness
(e.g: she went into a coma)


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Origin:
mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek kōma ‘deep sleep’; related to koitē ‘bed’ and keisthai ‘lie down’


[ˈkəʊmə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a diffuse cloud of gas and dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet


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Origin:
early 17th century (in botanical sense ‘tuft of hairs on seed’): via Latin from Greek komē ‘hair of the head’




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