MEANING
1. Unconscious and not normally responsive because of coma.
2. Extremely inactive or unresponsive.
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- comatose patient
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The comatose patient remained under observation.
She found him comatose beside the bed.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Normally non-gradable in clinical or relational use; degree comparison is limited to naturally gradable figurative applications. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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