semiconscious
adjective
semi·con·scious
ˌse-mē-ˈkän(t)-shəs 
ˌse-ˌmī-,
-mi-
: incompletely conscious : imperfectly aware or responsive
semiconsciousness
noun
Examples of semiconscious in a Sentence
The victim was semiconscious and could barely talk.
Recent Examples on the Web
The girl was breathing and semiconscious when taken to a hospital, police said.
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Martin Weil, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
With Buddy’s long-suffering wife Elaine (the indispensable Randy Graff) loyally waiting at home, Buddy trundles off to perform bottom-draw bookings at places such as the Walter P. Saperstein Retirement Center, where his audience, apparently, is only semiconscious.
—Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
This was the year a mountain spontaneously materialized in rural Kansas, one kilometer high, composed entirely of semiconscious adult men.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 May 2022
Enlarge Westend61 Sleep is a semiconscious state, but there are neurons firing in the brain even when all seems quiet.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 9 May 2023
Skip McAdams, fire commissioner of the Warren Fire Department, said the driver was semiconscious when responders arrived to the scene.
—Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
Their daughter stopped by to check on her mother, and found her semiconscious.
—Ellen Barry, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
The consensus was that semiconscious brains do not heal, especially not months or years after an injury, so research and aggressive treatment were futile.
—Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2011
Schiff was a neuroscientist, probing the nuts and bolts of the brain; Giacino was a diagnostic master, devising better ways to evaluate semiconscious patients.
—Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2011
Martin Weil, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
With Buddy’s long-suffering wife Elaine (the indispensable Randy Graff) loyally waiting at home, Buddy trundles off to perform bottom-draw bookings at places such as the Walter P. Saperstein Retirement Center, where his audience, apparently, is only semiconscious.
—Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
This was the year a mountain spontaneously materialized in rural Kansas, one kilometer high, composed entirely of semiconscious adult men.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 May 2022
Enlarge Westend61 Sleep is a semiconscious state, but there are neurons firing in the brain even when all seems quiet.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 9 May 2023
Skip McAdams, fire commissioner of the Warren Fire Department, said the driver was semiconscious when responders arrived to the scene.
—Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
Their daughter stopped by to check on her mother, and found her semiconscious.
—Ellen Barry, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
The consensus was that semiconscious brains do not heal, especially not months or years after an injury, so research and aggressive treatment were futile.
—Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2011
Schiff was a neuroscientist, probing the nuts and bolts of the brain; Giacino was a diagnostic master, devising better ways to evaluate semiconscious patients.
—Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2011
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semiconscious
adjective
semi·con·scious
ˌsem-i-ˈkän-chəs
ˌsem-ˌī-
: partially conscious
semiconsciousness
noun
Medical Definition
semiconscious
adjective
semi·con·scious
-ˈkän-chəs
: incompletely conscious : imperfectly aware or responsive
semiconsciousness
noun
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