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coma
verbs
be in a coma
• His son had been in a coma for three and a half years.
go into a coma
• Mum went into a coma and died soon afterwards.
slip/lapse/fall/sink into a coma
(= go into one )
• Brett slipped into a coma from which he never awakened.
relapse into a coma
(= go into a coma again )
• She was making progress, but then she suddenly relapsed into a coma.
come out of a coma
( also emerge from a coma formal )
• Alice wanted to be there when he came out of his coma.
adjectives
a deep coma
• After the accident, she spent ten days in a deep coma.
an irreversible coma
(= a permanent one )
• He had been in an irreversible coma since the disaster.
coma + NOUN
a coma victim
(= someone who is in a coma )
• There are various techniques for helping coma victims to regain consciousness.
a coma patient
• a long-term coma patient
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noun ADJ. deep | irreversible VERB + COMA fall into, go into, sink into, slip into He sank into a coma after suffering a brain haemorrhage. | come out of COMA + NOUN victim PREP. in a/the ~ He has been in a coma since his car accident three months ago.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary