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persistent vegetative state: see under coma coma, in medicine, deep state of unconsciousness from which a person cannot be aroused even by painful stimuli. The patient cannot speak and does not respond to command.
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persistent vegetative state

Med an irreversible condition, resulting from brain damage, characterized by lack of consciousness, thought, and feeling, although reflex activities (such as breathing) continue

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persistent vegetative state (redirected from Cortical death)

persistent vegetative state
(redirected from Cortical death)