vegetative state

collocation in English

meanings of vegetativeand state

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vegetative
adjective
uk /ˈvedʒ.ɪ.te.tɪv/ us /ˈvedʒ.ə.teɪ.t̬ɪv/
alive but showing no ...
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state
noun
uk /steɪt/ us /steɪt/
a condition or way of being that exists at a ...
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Examples of vegetative state

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It is important to appreciate these time frames and outer limits of the persistent vegetativestate before that state becomes permanent.
How different are severely demented patients from those in a persistent vegetativestate?
In the vegetativestate the patient's eyes are open but there is no cognitive activity.
Technoskeptics also do not advocate recognizing the validity of advance directives in cases where a patient is in a permanent vegetativestate.
Discontinuing dialysis in persistent vegetativestate: the roles of autonomy, community, and professional moral agency.
This more vegetativestate needs the warmth of a nest, the growth of body and mind in sun and light.
The second alleged problem relates to the status of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or persistent vegetativestate under routine recovery.
Being unaware, and alert, is to be in a persistent vegetativestate.
After a month of hospitalization, she was diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetativestate with no hope of recovery.
People who are alive but also dead also pose problems of ethics and understanding - for example those in a permanent vegetativestate.
It seems to be the case that few physicians, and few members of the public, favor aggressive life-extending treatment for anencephaly and persistent vegetativestate.
If we fail to broaden the conversation about brain injury beyond the unmitigated futility of the permanent vegetativestate, we will imperil others who might improve and be helped.
The physician began discussions with the children regarding code status and the possibility of withdrawal of dialysis in the event of a diagnosis of persistent vegetativestate.
Although each of us can ascribe a differing moral valuation to life in the vegetativestate, we felt it important not to transform the diagnostic act into a values choice.
Among them was the legitimacy of the vegetativestate as a diagnostic category and whether artificial nutrition and hydration should be construed as a life-sustaining therapy at all.
Whether the menu is potato or potahto, the planning process is, at best, in a persistent vegetativestate.
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But in cases of persistent vegetativestate, existence may continue for years.
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