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semiconscious

semiconscious adjective: neither fully conscious nor unconscious, partially aware but confused or distracted.

Adjective

semiconscious (not comparable)

  1. Neither fully conscious nor unconscious, partially aware but confused or distracted.
    • After being hit on the head he was only semiconscious: he could walk, but he tended to go in circles.

Origin of semiconscious

From semi- + conscious.

Words formed from semiconscious

Questions about semiconscious

What does semiconscious mean?
Semiconscious means neither fully conscious nor unconscious, partially aware but confused or distracted.
What part of speech is semiconscious?
Semiconscious is an adjective.

Words near semiconscious in the dictionary

  1. semiconjugate
  2. semiconnate
  3. semiconnected
  4. semiconnection
  5. semiconnections
  6. semiconscious
  7. semiconsciously
  8. semiconsciousness
  9. semiconsensual
  10. semiconservative
  11. semiconservatively

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