coma

That still leaves another question: what caused Ethel to fall into a coma in the first place?

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Main fell into a coma and, for three weeks, seemed unlikely to wake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Earlier observations with the James Webb Space Telescope found that 3I/ATLAS had a coma dominated by carbon dioxide while it was still far from the Sun.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

“There were no other contributing conditions, only exertion-related heat. This is not a coma, and the family is at his bedside praying for a miracle.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

A night or two after that he went into a coma, and presently died.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

As often as the thought had comae to me I had thrust it away.

From The Betrayal by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

If it is dry the accused is held to be guilty—fear has stopped the secretion of saliva—obstupui, stetetuntque comae, et vox faucibus haesit.

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Hans Gustav Adolf Gross

The nuclei and comae of different comets exhibit few peculiarities to the unaided vision except in respect to brightness; but the tails of comets differ widely, both in brightness and in extent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

In December, 15-month-old Louie and Vinnie Hughes were placed in induced comas as they fought to survive the disease.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2025

In the early 1990s, Guillaume Sébire, a pediatric neurologist then in France, had observed a similar condition in six children who suffered confusion and abnormal movements and lapsed into comas before rallying and recovering fully.

From Science Magazine ● May 15, 2024

In Cairo, the streets are decked with colorful Ramadan lanterns, bakeries are hawking holiday sweets and television networks are promoting prime-time soap operas, hoping to capitalize on nightly food comas.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

From eating holes in people's brains to generating nasty tumors to putting folks in comas, some fungi are not to be trifled with.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023

He knew almost nothing of medical terms or what happened to people with severe shock, and knew less than nothing about comas.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen