coma

noun

Definition of comanext
as in slumber

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Recent Examples of coma He was placed in an induced coma for five days and underwent several surgeries. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026 The second drug, an anesthetic, would place her into a deep coma. — Sai Rajagopal, STAT, 4 Aug. 2026 Symptoms of this condition include delirium, seizures, an abnormal heart rhythm, hyperthermia, coma and death. — Andrew Yockey, The Conversation, 24 July 2026 The severe strain of the virus often presents as a fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, or paralysis. — Mary Ella Hastings july 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for coma
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coma
  1. slumber
  2. hibernation
  3. rest
  4. sleep
  5. hypnosis
  6. torpor
  7. standstill
Noun
  • Fall is almost here, which means my flip-flops and sandals are seeing their final days of 2026, and my boots and sneakers are waking up from a long slumber.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Weather can be temperamental in the spring, but wildlife emerges from winter slumbers at this time of year.
    — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of slumber
Noun
  • The concept mirrors the popular Fat Bear Week, in which photos of bears go head to head in a bracket-style competition where people judge what bear has gained the most mass ahead of hibernation.
    — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Only after 100 years of hibernation did Aang emerge from hiding and work to restore balance.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 24 July 2026
Definition of hibernation
Noun
  • The Moon enters Sagittarius and your 4th House of Home, Family, and Emotional Roots, pulling your focus toward rest, privacy, space, or household needs.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Both received MRIs that showed no structural damage — just inflammation — and have been prescribed rest.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of rest
Noun
  • Earplugs, white noise machines or sleep earbuds can reduce or mask snoring sounds.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The shift means brighter mornings, earlier sunsets and one extra hour of sleep heading into winter.
    — Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of sleep
Noun
  • The trauma would remain buried beneath a heavy shroud of silence and shame, resurfacing only decades later—almost violently breaking through—during a hypnosis session.
    — Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2026
  • Emmy Brunner’s next one-day immersive experience, The Shift, takes place Saturday, July 18, in New York City and uses her VINTIVITY Method, including neural reprogramming, clinical hypnosis and experiential techniques.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 13 July 2026
Definition of hypnosis
Noun
  • For all its characteristic restraint and formal diligence, Killing Spree is a book that wants to make noise, to cut through the dead air with cries of grief and rage, undoing our own savage torpor.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
  • With movie audiences drifting off to TV, studio release schedules featured torpor-inducing fare like A Man For All Seasons or The Alamo.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 June 2026
Definition of torpor
Noun
  • Bulldozers and excavators in Texas’ Big Bend National Park are at a standstill as the chief of US Customs and Border Protection visits to assess how the agency should move forward with plans for new border security measures.
    — Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Celebrini makes a ton of difficult plays with the puck on the move, in tight areas and from a standstill.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of standstill

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