coma
/ˈkəʊmə/KOH-muh
/ˈkoʊmə/KOH-muh
Meaningdeep sleep
Common meaning: prolonged deep unconsciousness
- comaheavy, sunken slumberLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 459 · scan
Journey through time
- Greekκῶμα‘heavy, sunken slumber’
- Englishmeaning shiftsheavy, sunken slumber → prolonged deep unconsciousnesscoma‘prolonged deep unconsciousness’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek κῶμα ‘heavy, sunken slumber’.
Roots
- κῶμα Greek “heavy, sunken slumber”
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