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coma

noun
/ˈkəʊmə/UK/ˈkoʊmə/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair”).

  1. derived from κόμη — “hair”
  2. learned borrowing from coma — “hair of the head”

Definitions

  1. A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form…

    A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.

    • go into a coma
    • slip into a coma
    • come out of a coma

  2. A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.

  3. A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear…

    A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster…

      A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for coma. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA