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comatose
This term describes a profound lack of responsiveness, ranging from a clinical medical emergency to a colloquial state of extreme exhaustion. In a medical context, it denotes a critical physiological state where the brain is unable to respond to external stimuli, carrying a heavy, sterile, and urgent connotation.
In casual conversation, the word is often used hyperbolically to describe a state of total lethargy or a "food coma." In these instances, it shifts from a clinical diagnosis to a descriptive exaggeration of drowsiness, often implying a temporary, self-induced, or inevitable collapse into sleep.
Meanings
Examples
The patient remained comatose for three weeks after the accident.
He is practically comatose after that massive Thanksgiving dinner.
He is practically comatose after that massive Thanksgiving dinner.
The doctor noted that the victim was comatose and unresponsive to pain.
I feel absolutely comatose on Monday mornings before my first coffee.
She looked almost comatose in the back of the classroom during the lecture.
Is he actually asleep or just comatose from exhaustion?
The medication left him in a comatose state for several hours.
I was so tired I was practically comatose by the time we reached the hotel.