植しょく物ぶつ状じょう態たい

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

vegetative state

Medical term for a condition of wakefulness without awareness, typically after severe brain injury. Often used with になる or に陥る.

• 事じ故この後あと、彼かれは植しょく物ぶつ状じょう態たいになった。

  After the accident, he entered a vegetative state.

• 植しょく物ぶつ状じょう態たいの患かん者じゃの家か族ぞくは難むずかしい決けつ断だんを迫せまられる。

  Families of patients in a vegetative state face difficult decisions.