semicoma

[ sem-ee-koh-muh, sem-ahy- ]

/ ˌsɛm iˈkoʊ mə, ˌsɛm aɪ- /

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noun, plural sem·i·co·mas.

a light coma from which a person can be roused.

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Origin of semicoma

First recorded in 1895–1900; semi- + coma¹

sem·i·com·a·tose

[sem-i-kom-uh-tohs, -koh-muh-], /ˌsɛm ɪˈkɒm əˌtoʊs, -ˈkoʊ mə-/, adjective

Here they are semi-touching at a grocery store; she likes kombucha.
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Brinsley stepped up to the passenger side of the patrol car, raised a silver Taurus semi-automatic pistol and began firing.
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Tiger Lily and her tribe, however, were outfitted in semi-realistic outfits (read: nearly naked).
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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.
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For the next hour and half I was the willing sex slave of a semi-professional Master I had met through a friend.
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The anger and rebellion had been comatose in these years of freedom, but the maturer brain was the more uneasy, at times appalled.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Our troops have done all that flesh and blood can do against semi-permanent works, and they are not able to carry them.
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The stop-keys will be seen arranged in an inclined semi-circle overhanging and just above the keyboards.
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There are four types: bituminous (soft), anthracite (hard), semi-bituminous and semi-anthracite.
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There were semi-savage native chiefs, and there were others, like Aguinaldo himself, with humane instincts.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman

semicoma

[ sĕm′ē-kō′mə, sĕm′ī- ]

A partial or mild comatose state; a coma from which a person may be roused by various stimuli.

sem′i•co′ma•tose′ (-kō′mə-tōs′, -kŏm′ə-) adj.