comal

co·ma ¹  (km)

n. pl. co·mas

A state of deep, often prolonged unconsciousness, usually the result of injury, disease, or poison, in which an individual is incapable of sensing or responding to external stimuli and internal needs.

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[Greek kma, deep sleep.]

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co·ma ²  (km)

n. pl. co·mae (-m)

1. Astronomy The nebulous luminescent cloud containing the nucleus and constituting the major portion of the head of a comet.

2. Botany A usually terminal tuft or cluster, especially a tuft of hairs on a seed, as on a willow or milkseed.

3. Physics A diffuse, comet-shaped image of a point source of light or radiation caused by aberration in the optical system.

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[Latin, hair, from Greek kom.]

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comal adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

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comal - of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair; "comate (or comose) seeds"; "a comal tuft" comate, comose phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants haired, hairy, hirsute - having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"