植物人

zhíwùrén

A human being who can only manage to survive and is deprived of consciousness and the ability to move. It's usually caused by serious cerebral hemorrhage or brain trauma.

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zhi2 wu4 ren2

person in a vegetative state, human vegetable

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植物人|植物人 [zhí wù rén] ► person in a vegetative state ► human vegetable