coma

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Imagine going into a coma exactly one year ago and waking up a month later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Hubble observed K1 breaking into at least four separate fragments, each surrounded by its own coma, the cloud of gas and dust that forms around a comet's icy core.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Mark McNamee did not know he had meningitis until he woke up in hospital after being in an induced coma.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

She was placed in a medically induced coma and died on Feb. 25.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

He and his dad drove to Peoria, Illinois, one weekend when Colin was eleven to visit Colin's great-great-aunt Esther, who was in a coma at the time and therefore not very good company.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green