식물인간

singmuringan
Noun

Definitions

person in a vegetative state
A patient who has hurt his/her brain, has no consciousness but maintains his/her breathing, digesting, absorbing, etc., functions.
뇌를 다쳐 의식이 없고 몸을 움직일 수 없으나 호흡과 소화, 흡수 등의 기능은 유지하고 있는 환자.

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Dictionary data from Korean Learners' Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA.