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coma
Pronunciation (kō′mă)
- A state of profound unconsciousness from which one cannot be roused; may be due to the action of an ingested toxic substance or of one formed in the body, to trauma, or to disease. [G. kōma, deep sleep, trance]
- An aberration of spheric lenses; occurring in cases of oblique incidence (e.g., the image of a point becomes comet shaped). Syn: coma aberration [G. kome, hair]
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