Coma



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 昏迷状态
• ［英］ n. 昏迷状态 ( deep, prolonged unconsciousness)
• ［类］ coma : unconsciousness / delirium : confusion ( 昏迷是很无知觉 / 精神错乱是很糊涂)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kōma deep sleep
• Date: 1646
• 1. a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison
• 2. a state of mental or physical sluggishness ; torpor

II. noun (plural comae)

• Etymology: Latin, hair, from Greek komē
• Date: 1669
• 1. a tufted bunch (as of branches, bracts, or seed hairs)
• 2. the head of a comet consisting of a cloud of gas and dust and usually containing a nucleus
• 3. an optical aberration in which the image of a point source is a comet-shaped blur
• ? comatic adjective

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