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persistent vegetative states

persistent vegetative states is the plural of persistent vegetative state.

Meaning of persistent vegetative state

Noun

persistent vegetative state (plural persistent vegetative states)

  1. A condition of patients with severe brain damage in whom coma has progressed to a state of wakefulness without awareness.

Questions about persistent vegetative states

What is persistent vegetative states the plural of?
Persistent vegetative states is the plural of persistent vegetative state.

Words near persistent vegetative states in the dictionary

  1. persistent organic pollutant
  2. persistent organic pollutants
  3. persistent sexual arousal syndrome
  4. persistent truncus arteriosus
  5. persistent vegetative state
  6. persistent vegetative states
  7. persistently
  8. persister
  9. persisters
  10. persisting
  11. persisting down

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