comatose patient
Deeply unconscious individual
A comatose patient is someone in a coma—a state of deep unconsciousness from which they cannot be awakened.
The phrase appears in medical contexts where the patient's unresponsive condition is clinically relevant: The comatose patient showed no response to stimuli.
Comatose patient functions as a clinical unit, distinguishing from patients who are merely sedated or sleeping.
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- vegetativeOf plant growth
- persistent vegetative stateProlonged unconsciousness with wakefulness
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- brainSeat of cognition
ICU · ventilator · feeding tube · beeping · monitors · flatline · hospital bed · life support · pull the plug · awakening · wake up · breathing · pulse · eyelids · still · pale · family · next of kin