Words Like COMA

We have put together a list of words that are similar to COMA.

4 Alternative Words Similar to coma

1 Comatoseness Noun      Synonym Words Like Comatoseness
3 Tuft Noun      Hypernym
4 Tussock Noun      Hypernym

10 definitions of coma

1 A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See carus.
2 The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.
3 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.
4 a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury
5 (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)
6 (astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed
7 A state of deep, often prolonged unconsciousness, usually the result of injury, disease, or poison, in which an individual is incapable of sensing or responding to external stimuli and internal needs.
8 Astronomy The nebulous luminescent cloud containing the nucleus and constituting the major portion of the head of a comet.
9 Botany A usually terminal tuft or cluster, especially a tuft of hairs on a seed, as on a willow or milkseed.
10 Physics A diffuse, comet-shaped image of a point source of light or radiation caused by aberration in the optical system.
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