coma
English
/ˈkəʊmə/, /ˈkoʊmə/
noun
Definitions
- A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (deep sleep).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κῶμα
Gloss
deep sleep
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- comalike English
- comatose English
- comatosely English
- erotocomatose English
- precoma English
- precomatose English
- pseudocoma English
- semicoma English
- semicomatose English
- coma Latin
- Koma German
- coma Italian
- comateux French
- κῶμα Ancient Greek
- *ḱumbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- koma Norwegian Bokmål
- coma Portuguese
- koma Norwegian Nynorsk
- koma Danish
- coma Catalan, Valencian
- โคม่า Thai