I. ˈkō-mə noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kōma deep sleep
Date: 1646
1. : a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison
2. : a state of mental or physical sluggishness : torpor
II. noun
( plural co·mae -ˌmē, -ˌmī)
Etymology: Latin, hair, from Greek komē
Date: 1669
1. : a tufted bunch (as of branches, bracts, or seed hairs)
2. : the head of a comet consisting of a cloud of gas and dust and usually containing a nucleus
3. : an optical aberration in which the image of a point source is a comet-shaped blur
• co·mat·ic kō-ˈma-tik adjective