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persistive vegetative state

persistive vegetative state is the alternative form 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.

Forms of persistive vegetative state

pluralpersistive vegetative states

Questions about persistive vegetative state

What is persistive vegetative state the alternative form of?
Persistive vegetative state is the alternative form of persistent vegetative state.

Words near persistive vegetative state in the dictionary

  1. persisting down
  2. persisting it down
  3. persistingly
  4. persistings
  5. persistive
  6. persistive vegetative state
  7. persistive vegetative states
  8. persistively
  9. persistiveness
  10. persistor
  11. persistors

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