Meaning & use

unarousable

adjective·Academic

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Unable to be awakened or roused to consciousness.

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The patient was found unarousable and was rushed immediately to intensive care.

Deep sedation can leave a patient temporarily unarousable to normal stimuli.

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A clinical term used to describe the deepest level of unconsciousness during medical assessment.

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