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persistent vegetative state

  1. sustainability
    the quality of being sustained or continuous; duration; persistence
  2. person in a vegetative state
    a patient who has lost consciousness and the ability to move due to severe brain injury or illness, but remains alive through autonomic nervous system functions
  3. state
    the condition, status, or state of affairs of a person or thing