adjective
- in a coma; unconscious and unresponsive due to severe illness or injury
- extremely tired or lethargic; lacking energy or alertness
Usage: medical
Usage: informal
Examples
- The patient remained comatose for three weeks after the accident.
- Doctors were unsure when the comatose woman would regain consciousness.
- After working two double shifts, I felt completely comatose.
- The medication left him feeling comatose and unable to concentrate.
- She lay comatose in the hospital bed, surrounded by worried family members.
- The heat made everyone comatose during the afternoon meeting.