comatose

[ kom-uh-tohs, koh-muh- ]

adjective

1. affected with or characterized by coma.
2. lacking alertness or energy; torpid:

   comatose from lack of sleep.

comatose

/ ˈkəʊməˌtəʊs; -ˌtəʊz /

adjective

1. in a state of coma
2. torpid; lethargic

Derived Forms

• ˈcomaˌtosely, adverb

Other Words From

• coma·tosely adverb
• coma·toseness com·a·tos·i·ty [kom-, uh, -, tos, -i-tee], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of comatose¹

1745–55; < Greek komat- (stem of kôma coma ¹ ) + -ose ¹

Example Sentences

The kid miraculously survived, but lies comatose in the hospital, and Kimura’s father, known as the Elder and played by the marvelous Hiroyuki Sanada, has urged him to redress this atrocity.

From Time

The 10-year-old had been in this odd comatose state for a year and a half, and her older sister had been like this for about six months.

From Nautilus

A character with similar issues is at the center of Montana Story, though he spends the entire movie nearly comatose on his deathbed.

From Vox

He was comatose for a week before he ultimately succumbed due to the physical trauma.

From Essence.com

By the time he arrived there at 3:22 a.m., with a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit, he was comatose.

From The Daily Beast

“Ayatollah Khomeini had a stroke in 1986 and became comatose,” says Khalaji.

From The Daily Beast

The daughter had also been exposed and was comatose before she and her mother each received A 250 cubic centimeter transfusion.

From The Daily Beast

She grew increasingly ill despite a 450 cubic centimeter transfusion and became comatose after five days.

From The Daily Beast

A normal person becomes unconscious—comatose really—in this extreme cold.

From The Daily Beast

The anger and rebellion had been comatose in these years of freedom, but the maturer brain was the more uneasy, at times appalled.

From Project Gutenberg

Just after the comatose condition which follows an attack of epilepsy patients are also prone to be very irritable.

From Project Gutenberg

He is then quite sure that he will be transported in a comatose condition to the occult reunion.

From Project Gutenberg

He looked rather 'comatose,' as Tante called him, except when his botanical emotions were aroused.

From Project Gutenberg

In the next bed on the right-hand side was a man who appeared in a comatose state.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• senseless