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coma

[koh-muh] / ˈkoʊ mə /


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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

The story begins in 2002 when Norris, a 26-year-old nurse, originally from Glasgow, found Ethel in an hypoglycemic coma as she recovered from a broken hip.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

By studying the molecules in this coma, astronomers could identify the chemical makeup of material carried by the comet.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

Everyone celebrated, but the doctors warned that although she was technically no longer in a coma, she could not follow commands and still had a long, long way to go.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

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

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

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

In the early 1990s, Guillaume Sébire, a pediatric neurologist then in France, had observed a similar condition in six children who suffered confusion and abnormal movements and lapsed into comas before rallying and recovering fully.

From Science Magazine ● May 15, 2024

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, methyl bromide also is a neurotoxin that can cause lung disease, convulsions, comas and ultimately death.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

The lawsuit names four people — Medina Leon and three men who were released while they were hospitalized and had fallen into comas.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2022

I watched as Mama and Baba lay there in medically induced comas with ventilators breathing for them because their lungs were full of fluid.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda


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