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The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 vegetative state, a condition in which a person in a coma seems to be awake but is unable to communicate or respond to stimuli. The eyes may be open but the patient does not move and must be fed and toileted. It is due to old age, hardening of the arteries ...
October 1, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia

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