comatose

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or affected with coma; unconscious.
  2. adjective Marked by lethargy; torpid.

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  • Most times the victim ended up comatose, a vegetable who, through the miracles of modern science, quietly lived out the rest of the life they did not want in the first place. —  Karin Slaughter - Blindsighted
  • He was horribly burned, comatose, and—well, the details don't matter Ana, there's no need to talk about this I need to, Kristi. —  Magazine - Analog Science Fiction And Fact - 2007 - Issue 03 - March (v1.0) [lit]
  • He lay very quiet -- comatose, drugged, his eyes wide, his mind clicking wildly like an unoiled machine. —  The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Stories
  • Two of the early cases are comatose, and the infirmary's medical supplies are running low. —  AnalogSFF,June2006
  • Overstock's board -- comatose as it usually is -- no doubt felt that there's something more than a little slimy, even by Cox SEC standards, about a public company devoting shareholder resources to advance the personal vendettas of the CEO. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
 

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  1. Greek kōma, kōmat-, deep sleep + -ose1.

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  1. =F. comateux, from New Latin comatosus, from coma(t-): see coma.
 

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/ˈkoʊmətoʊs/
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