coma
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Though we often think of anesthesia as putting us in a deep sleep, new research suggests it could actually be closer to being in a coma than previously thought.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
But new research suggests it could actually be closer to being in a coma than previously thought.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
“Writers,” she said, “disturb the social oppression that functions like a coma on a population, a coma despots call ‘peace’.”
From Salon • May 31, 2026
When asked to describe what he experienced while in the coma, Keenan was emphatic that it was not a dream.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
He’d been in a shadow coma for days.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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