comatose

adjective

co·​ma·​tose ˈkō-mə-ˌtōs  ˈkä- 

1

: of, resembling, or affected with coma

The patient lay comatose, sustained by respirators.

2

: characterized by lethargic inertness : torpid

a comatose economy

Broadway was theatrically comatose that summer.

Synonyms

• dead
• sleepy
• slow

Examples of comatose in a Sentence

She lay in a comatose state.

the city's downtown has been comatose for years

Recent Examples on the Web

His doctor gave him a cortisone shot during the comatose period and his doctor sent him home. —Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 10 Dec. 2024

During this comatose period, Foxx was taken to a doctor, who administered a cortisone shot and sent him home. —Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024

The suspenseful novel follows writer Lowen Ashleigh, who gets hired by the husband of a best-selling thriller author Verity Crawford to finish a series of novels that Verity cannot complete because of an accident that left her in a comatose state. —Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024

And that’s to say nothing of the comatose Lila, who’s been kept in the bosom of a thinking machine that makes Alexa look like an Atari 2600. —Scott Tobias, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

French comateux, from Greek kōmat-, kōma — see coma entry 1

First Known Use

1755, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

comatose

adjective

co·​ma·​tose ˈkō-mə-ˌtōs  ˈkäm-ə- 

: of, resembling, or affected with coma

a comatose patient

a comatose condition