Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A partial or mild comatose state; a coma from which a person may be roused by various stimuli.

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  • noun A mild coma.

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  • noun a mild comatose state; a coma from which the person can be roused by appropriate stimuli

Etymologies

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semi- +‎ coma

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Examples

  • I was entering a state of semicoma when I looked up and saw the stewardess and a small intruder standing there.

    Going Home Alone, Too 2008

  • "Sleep --" he made the soothing suggestion over and over and felt the other begin to relax, to sink into the semicoma in which he must rest for at least another day.

    Star Born Andre Norton 1958

  • Older classification systems relied on descriptive terms such as obtundation (diminished pain or touch sensations), stupor, semicoma, etc.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Older classification systems relied on descriptive terms such as obtundation (diminished pain or touch sensations), stupor, semicoma, etc.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • The infection quickly choked off blood flow to her extremities and her right optic nerve, and she lapsed into a semicoma that lasted two weeks.

    The Urban Grind 2008

  • The self-willed semicoma she fell into at the start of her shift—which lasted through every shopping item she swiped and every receipt she tore out of the till—suddenly left her and she’d felt strangely alive.

    The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

  • The self-willed semicoma she fell into at the start of her shift—which lasted through every shopping item she swiped and every receipt she tore out of the till—suddenly left her and she’d felt strangely alive.

    The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

  • The self-willed semicoma she fell into at the start of her shift—which lasted through every shopping item she swiped and every receipt she tore out of the till—suddenly left her and she’d felt strangely alive.

    The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

  • The self-willed semicoma she fell into at the start of her shift—which lasted through every shopping item she swiped and every receipt she tore out of the till—suddenly left her and she’d felt strangely alive.

    The Redleys Matt Haig 2010

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