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PVS

PVS is the abbreviation of Polynesian Voyaging Society.

PVS is the abbreviation of persistent vegetative state.

PVS is the abbreviation of prisoner visitation and support.

PVS is the abbreviation of Plummer-Vinson syndrome.

PVS is the initialism of polyvinylsiloxane.

PVS is the abbreviation of potentially visible set.

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.

Meaning of Plummer-Vinson syndrome

Noun

Plummer-Vinson syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A rare disease characterized by difficulty in swallowing, iron-deficiency anemia, and esophageal webs.
    Synonyms:
    Paterson-Brown-Kelly syndrome, sideropenic dysphagia

Noun capitalized: PVs

PVs

  1. (plural) plural of PV

Synonyms of PVS

Forms of PVS

pluralPVSes
pluralPVSs

Questions about PVS

What is PVS the abbreviation of?
PVS is the abbreviation of Polynesian Voyaging Society.
What part of speech is PVS?
PVS is a noun.
What is the plural of PVS?
The plural of PVS is PVSes.

Words near PVS in the dictionary

  1. PvPs
  2. PvPvE
  3. PVR
  4. PVRI
  5. PVRs
  6. PVS
  7. PVT
  8. pvt.
  9. PVTs
  10. PVV
  11. PVX

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Adapted from Wiktionary: PVS (page history and authors); PVs (page history and authors); persistent vegetative state (page history and authors); Plummer-Vinson syndrome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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