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Coma
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ COMA  id+ | SUSPENSE |
        id+ | PUT TO SLEEP including CONSCIENCE |
  lat COM      or                   sug> STUPOR
  gr  KOME     or
      KOIMAN = TO PUT TO SLEEP      sug> STUPID
  lat COMA     CUT AWAY  PAUSE  also
  gr  KOME     HAIR also COMMA or
  sp  COIMA    BRIBE                sug> CORRUPT
  lit+ HAIR LIKE PUNCTUATION SIGN
       also may imply
  SLEEP as in COMATOSE or
  INTERLUDE as in PAUSE or as per
  INTERRUPTED      sug> CORRUPTED
  biol> bot A CLUSTER OF A STEM or
        TUFT OF HAIRS AT THE END OF A SEED
  astr> A HAIR LIKE CLOUD AROUND A NUCLEUS OF A COMET
  ply> | STUPOR COMA or COMMA MAY STEM FROM
         BRIBES DISRUPTING RESERVATIONS or CONSCIENCE |
 
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