comatose

comatose
comatose (adj.) 1755, from COMA (Cf. coma) (from Gk. koma, comb. form komat-) + -ose. Transferred sense of "lethargic" is from 1828.

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  • Comatose — Co ma*tose (? or ?; 277), a. [From {Coma} lethargy.] Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • comatose — index inactive, insensible, phlegmatic, torpid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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  • comatose — [adj] unconscious cold, dead, dead to the world*, dopey, drowsy, drugged, hebetudinous, inconscious, insensible, lethargic, out, out cold*, out to lunch*, senseless, sleepy, sluggish, slumberous, somnolent, soporose, stupefied, stupid, stuporous …   New thesaurus

  • comatose — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of or in a state of coma. 2) humorous extremely tired or lethargic …   English terms dictionary

  • comatose — [kō′mə tōs΄, käm′ətōs΄] adj. [see COMA1 & OSE2] 1. of, like, or in a coma or stupor 2. as if in a coma; lethargic; torpid …   English World dictionary

  • comatose — [[t]ko͟ʊmətoʊs[/t]] 1) ADJ A person who is comatose is in a coma. [MEDICAL] The right side of my brain had been so severely bruised that I was comatose for a month. Syn: unconscious 2) ADJ: oft ADJ after v A person who is comatose is in a deep… …   English dictionary

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