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coma

[koh-muh] / ˈkoʊ mə /


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Earlier observations with the James Webb Space Telescope found that 3I/ATLAS had a coma dominated by carbon dioxide while it was still far from the Sun.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

Stewart was pulled to the shore by other swimmers and rushed to hospital, where she was placed in an induced coma and underwent almost a dozen surgeries.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

About 10 days after the attack, doctors reduced her sedation and she emerged from her coma.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

In 2025, a jury awarded nearly $49 million to a man in a coma after he was hit by a city garbage truck driver, who was accused of making an “unsafe right turn.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

So the doctors put me in a coma; that way I could fly to England for better care.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

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

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

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

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

In December, 15-month-old Louie and Vinnie Hughes were placed in induced comas as they fought to survive the disease.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2025

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

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, methyl bromide can cause lung disease, convulsions, comas and ultimately death.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

The other two, ages 61 and 75, had descended into comas and required ventilation.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 21, 2023

He was in the hospital for some months after she passed, going in and out of comas, and they didn’t know if he was going to make it or not.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones




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