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masculine

/kɔ.ma/

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Translation

coma

Word origin

From Greek koma ('deep sleep'), taken into medical Latin and then into French.

Origin: Greek
Root: koma
English cognates: coma, comatose

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralcomas

Examples

He has been in a coma for three days.

She came out of the coma yesterday.

The coma lasted a fortnight.

' .

The doctors are talking about a deep coma.

l', .

After the crash she fell into a coma.

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This word is part of lesson 52.