The difference between Brain death and Coma

When used as nouns, brain death means an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity, whereas coma means a state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.

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  1. Brain death as a noun (medicine):

    An irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.

  1. Coma as a noun:

    A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.

  1. Coma as a noun (astronomy):

    A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.

  2. Coma as a noun (optics):

    A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that should be points.

  3. Coma as a noun (botany):

    A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.

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