COMA


Meaning of COMA in English

co ‧ ma /ˈkəʊmə $ ˈkoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]

[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Modern Latin ; Origin: Greek koma 'deep sleep' ]

someone who is in a coma has been unconscious for a long time, usually because of a serious illness or injury

be in/go into/come out of a coma

He went into a coma and died soon afterwards.

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COLLOCATIONS

■ verbs

▪ be in a coma

His son had been in a coma for three and a half years.

▪ go into a coma

Mum went into a coma and died soon afterwards.

▪ slip/lapse/fall/sink into a coma (=go into one)

Brett slipped into a coma from which he never awakened.

▪ relapse into a coma (=go into a coma again)

She was making progress, but then she suddenly relapsed into a coma.

▪ come out of a coma ( also emerge from a coma formal )

Alice wanted to be there when he came out of his coma.

■ adjectives

▪ a deep coma

After the accident, she spent ten days in a deep coma.

▪ an irreversible coma (=a permanent one)

He had been in an irreversible coma since the disaster.

■ coma + NOUN

▪ a coma victim (=someone who is in a coma)

There are various techniques for helping coma victims to regain consciousness.

▪ a coma patient

a long-term coma patient

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.