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coma

In medicine, a state of deep unconsciousness from which the subject cannot be roused. Possible causes include head injury, brain disease, liver failure, cerebral haemorrhage, and drug overdose.

coma

In optics, one of the geometrical aberrations of a lens or mirror, in which rays from an object not in the centre of the field of view make a comet-shaped spot on the image plane instead of meeting at a point.

coma

In astronomy, hazy cloud of gas and dust that surrounds the nucleus of a comet.



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