Usually means: Permanent unconsciousness, loss of awareness.
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  1. persistent vegetative state: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. persistent vegetative state: Merriam-Webster
  3. persistent vegetative state: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. persistent vegetative state: Collins English Dictionary
  5. persistent vegetative state: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. persistent vegetative state: Wiktionary
  7. persistent vegetative state: Dictionary.com
  8. Persistent Vegetative State, Persistent vegetative state: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. persistent vegetative state: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Persistent vegetative state: Legal dictionary

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  1. persistent vegetative state: Encyclopedia

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  4. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
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  6. persistent vegetative state: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (persistent vegetative state)

noun:  A condition of patients with severe brain damage in whom coma has progressed to a state of wakefulness without awareness.

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