coma
noun/ˈkoʊmə/
Frequency rank: #5,733 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a state of deep unconsciousness from which a person cannot be woken.
Example sentence
After the accident, the patient fell into a deep coma and did not wake up for three weeks.
Synonyms & related words
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