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Noun: persistent vegetative state
  1. A state of a person with severe brain damage, where they do not respond to stimuli and have to be supported by a life support system to stay alive
    "The family faced a difficult decision regarding their loved one who had been in a persistent vegetative state for years";
    - PVS

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