coma

When he wakes from a coma a week later, he doesn’t recognize Ellen, and you won’t quite either.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

She remained in a coma for weeks and still can't speak or breathe on her own, according to her parents.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Top Gear star spent two weeks in a coma after the crash and returned to the show in early 2007.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Main fell into a coma and, for three weeks, seemed unlikely to wake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

A night or two after that he went into a coma, and presently died.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

If it is dry the accused is held to be guilty—fear has stopped the secretion of saliva—obstupui, stetetuntque comae, et vox faucibus haesit.

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Hans Gustav Adolf Gross

The nuclei and comae of different comets exhibit few peculiarities to the unaided vision except in respect to brightness; but the tails of comets differ widely, both in brightness and in extent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

As often as the thought had comae to me I had thrust it away.

From The Betrayal by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

The author traces the roots of the problem to the early decades of the 20th century, with psychiatry’s flailing, if well-meaning, efforts to address mental illness via cures that included lobotomies and insulin comas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The assortment of fried, smothered, pickled or barbecued options guide your steps into the gentlest of food comas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2024

In Cairo, the streets are decked with colorful Ramadan lanterns, bakeries are hawking holiday sweets and television networks are promoting prime-time soap operas, hoping to capitalize on nightly food comas.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

For the current study, she and her team looked at the medical records of four people who were in comas and on life support on whom physicians had placed electroencephalography caps.

From Science Magazine ● May 1, 2023

Sighing, he said, “Well, they say sugar comas are manageable these days,” as he reached in to grab the popcorn with a scoop.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon