semicoma
Americannoun
plural
semicomasOther Word Forms
- semicomatose adjective
Etymology
Origin of semicoma
Example Sentences
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Early one morning this week, Harold Ickes, ill for many weeks, lapsed into a semicoma at Headwaters Farm, his 200-acre Maryland estate, 15 miles outside Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
As American Airlines Flight 901, nonstop from Fort Worth to Los Angeles, winged over Arizona one night last week, Passenger Francis A. Nixon, 75, lapsed into a semicoma, stricken with a gastric hemorrhage.
From Time Magazine Archive
His weight dropped from 99 to 80 lb., he lay in semicoma, but amazed doctors continued to announce that his physical condition was good.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Sleep—" he made the soothing suggestion over and over and felt the other begin to relax, to sink into the semicoma in which he must rest for at least another day.
From Star Born by Norton, Andre
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