| persistent vegetative state |
a state in which the cerebral cortex ?the thinking, feeling part of the brain ?stops working. People in this condition cannot understand anything that is going on around them and cannot communicate or make voluntary movements. However, the more primitive part of their brain ?the brain stem ?is largely unaffected.
출처: www.channel4.com/science/microsites/B/bodystory/gl...
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| persistent vegetative state |
A condition in which a patient is unable to speak or follow simple commands and does not respond in any psychologically meaningful way.
출처: www.organtransplants.org/glossary.html
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