She has been in what doctors describe as a vegetative state for six years.

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She has been in what doctors describe as a vegetative state for six years.
你能不能帮我翻译一下这个句子呢?
能不能顺便解释一下句子中的固定词组意思呢?

她已经处于被医生认为(描述为)为“植物状态”(植物人)6年了.