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The Meaning of coma

  • (n.) A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus.
  • (n.) The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.
  • (n.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.

Synonyms

comatoseness , stupor , apathy , fainting , stupefaction , syncope , asphyxia , insensibility , swoon , torpor , lethargy , swooning , unconsciousness

Rhymes

algoma , aroma , bancoklahoma , blastoma , bouma , carcinoma , choma , coloma , diploma , douma , glaucoma , goma , homa , leoma , loma , luoma , lymphoma , melanoma , mesothelioma , moma , neoma , nujoma , oklahoma , oma , paloma , papilloma , poma , retinoblastoma , roma , saloma , shiroma , soma , sonoma , stoma , stroma , sumatoma , tacoma , thoma , toma , troma , xoma