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  • So what would strike terror into anybody is if, with the headache, the patient or this person can't remain awake, seems very sleepy, unarousable, slurred speech, can't see properly, or is losing use of one of the limbs or you can't stand up.

    CNN Transcript Mar 17, 2009 2009

  • So what would strike terror into anybody is just with the headache the patient or this person can't remain awake, seems very sleepy, unarousable, slurred speech, can't see properly, or is losing use of one of the limbs or can't stand up.

    CNN Transcript Mar 17, 2009 2009

  • Like Buster Keaton, he may be permanently unarousable, but he never ceases to be potent.

    The Lovers Schwartz, Sanford 1983

  • They're unarousable because of the amount of alcohol they've drank.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Coma refers to the clinical state in which a patient is unarousable and does not respond to stimuli.

    JAMA current issue 2009

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