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persistent vegetative state  nounA condition in which a medical patient is completely unresponsive to psychological and physical stimuli and displays no sign of higher brain function, being kept alive only by medical intervention.Common syndromes of impaired consciousness include stupor, coma, persistent vegetative state, and brain death....- Thus, she considers patients in a persistent vegetative state to be alive.
- This is the most extreme form of brain damage and is called a persistent vegetative state.
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