comatic

English[edit]

comatic (not comparable)

(optics) Of or pertaining to coma (the distortion of a lens).
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to the coma of a comet.
Comatose, unconscious.
- 1917, Emile Boirac, Our Hidden Forces: An Experimental Study of the Psychic Sciences, page 173:
  Mr. K.'s subject was only in a half-comatic state. Mr. K. suggested to him then, in loud tones, that when the clock on the wall struck ten, he would fall into a deep sleep.
- 2012 October 3, Ranajit Chakraborty, C.R. Rao, Pranab K. Sen, Bioinformatics in Human Health and Heredity, Newnes, →ISBN, page 406:
  […] comatic state level, and a lower level D, the death state level. If Y(t) plunges below C, it needs a serious medical attention and a comatic state may evolve. Further, such a treatment may not be very effective in the long run […]