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comă
coma (a prolonged state of deep unconsciousness) /ˈko.mə/
noun#2832 most common
Also: the coma of a comet (astronomy)
Example sentences
Pacientul este în comă.
The patient is in a coma.
Ea a intrat în comă după accident.
She fell into a coma after the accident.
Medicii nu știu când va ieși din comă.
The doctors don't know when he will come out of the coma.
După operație, pacientul a rămas în comă timp de trei săptămâni.
After the surgery, the patient remained in a coma for three weeks.
Durata comei a influențat șansele lui de recuperare.
The length of the coma affected his chances of recovery.
O comă indusă medical i-a permis creierului să se odihnească după traumatismul cranian.
A medically induced coma let his brain rest after the head trauma.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | comă | come |
| Genitive | come | come |
| Accusative | comă | come |
| Vocative | comă | come |
Word family
comatos, comatoasăcomatose
a intra în comăto fall into a coma
a ieși din comăto come out of a coma
stare de comăcoma state, condition of being comatose
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "comă" from French "coma", which in turn came from Greek "kōma" meaning deep sleep. The Greek noun is tied to the verb "koimao", to put to sleep. That verb traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to lie down or to rest.
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