coma
noun
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Sense 1 noun
a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury
Types & categories
- unconsciousness hypernym
- diabetic coma hyponym
- hepatic coma hyponym
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Sense 2 noun
(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)
Types & categories
- tuft hypernym
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Sense 3 noun
(astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed
Types & categories
- cloud hypernym
Parts & wholes
- comet part holonym
Related & opposite
- astronomy domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | comatose |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | comatose |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unconsciousness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diabetic coma |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hepatic coma |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comal |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | phytology |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tuft |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | astronomy |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | comet |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cloud |