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Definition of Comatose

1. Adjective. Relating to or associated with a coma. "Comatose state"

2. Adjective. In a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli. "A comatose patient"

Definition of Comatose

1. a. Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever.

Definition of Comatose

1. Adjective. resembling a coma: unconscious ¹

2. Adjective. drowsy or lethargic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Comatose

1. affected with coma [adj]

Medical Definition of Comatose

1. Pertaining to or affected with coma. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Comatose

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Literary usage of Comatose

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History, diagnosis, and treatment of the fevers of the United States by Elisha Bartlett (1856)
"Varieties; comatose. Congestive fever occurs under several well-marked and pretty ... The most common and important forms are the comatose, the delirious, ..."

2. The Diagnosis of Nervous Diseases by James Purves-Stewart (1906)
"A deeply comatose patient does not swallow fluids placed in his mouth, ... How are we to proceed when called to see a patient whom we find comatose ? ..."

3. Differential diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1912)
"CHAPTER XV COMA EXAMINATION OF comatose OR CONVULSIVE PATIENTS I. CERTAIN HOARY ... In the majority of comatose cases the state of the pupils gives us no ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on Medical Jurisprudence: With So Much of Anatomy by Joseph Chitty (1836)
"... in a greater degree than any other organ, and become oppressed and comatose as though in a state of apoplexy. Nor is it difficult to account for these ..."

5. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1815)
"with Observation* upon Ike comatose Diseases. By J. CHEYNE, MD Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, of tire King and Queen's College of ..."

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