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persistent vegetative state

(Medicine) Med an irreversible condition, resulting from brain damage, characterized by lack of consciousness, thought, and feeling, although reflex activities (such as breathing) continue Abbreviation PVS

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persistent persistently PVS vegetative			Devoted dad-of-two Robert Delany is in a permanent vegetative state since he was gunned down at his home in South Dublin last October. EUR20K REWARD TO GET THUGS WHO SHOT GOOD SAMARITAN; Family pleads ... by The Mirror (London, England) The doctors didn't expect him to survive Intensive Care; but if he did, they said he would be in a permanent vegetative state. How to Hire An Attorney to Handle A Motorcycle Accident Case by Bruce David Abel / Law community Byline: SUE VORENBERG It's been 131/2 years since Efren "Nerf" Martinez left the job he loved, not because he wanted to, but because a tragic electrical accident at Los Alamos National Laboratory inured his brain and left him in a permanent vegetative state. LANL ACCIDENT VICTIM DIES AFTER 13 YEARS IN A COMA by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)			Perlman perlocution Perlous Perlustration Perm perma- perma-tan permaculture permafrost Permalloy Permanable permanence permanency permanent Permanent Court of Arbitration permanent echo Permanent gases permanent hardness permanent health insurance permanent injunction permanent magnet permanent press permanent resident permanent set permanent tooth Permanent vegetative state permanent wave permanent way Permanent white permanent-press permanently permanganate permanganate of potash Permanganic permanganic acid Permansion permatemp permeability permeability coefficient permeable permeableness Permeably permeance Permeant permease permeate permeating Permeation permeative permed permethrin			Permanent South Pacific Commission Permanent Split Capacitor Permanent spontaneous current Liabilities Permanent Staff Administration Officer Permanent Staff Instructor permanent starch Permanent Status in Class Minimum Permanent Stick Up Ass permanent stop permanent storage permanent structure Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Permanent Supplementary Artificial Lighting Interiors Permanent Supportive Housing Permanent Switched Virtual Circuit Permanent System Control Number Permanent teeth Permanent teeth Permanent teeth Permanent teeth Permanent Temporary Fix permanent thermocline Permanent Threshold Shift permanent tooth permanent tooth permanent tooth Permanent Total Disability Permanent Unit Code Permanent Universal Resource Locator Permanent vegetative state Permanent Vehicle Check Point Permanent Venous Access Device Permanent View Permanent Virtual Channel Connection Permanent Virtual Channel Link Permanent virtual circuit Permanent virtual circuit Permanent virtual circuit Permanent virtual circuit Permanent Virtual Connection Permanent Virtual Connection Permanent Virtual Connection Identification Permanent Virtual Individual Employee Potluck Permanent Virtual Path Permanent Virtual Path Connection Permanent Virtual Path Link Permanent Virtual Path Tunneling Permanent Virtual Pipe Permanent Vote-by-Mail permanent water Permanent Water Conservation Measure Permanent Water Saving Rules permanent wave permanent wave Permanent Waves Permanent Waves Permanent way Permanent way Permanent way Permanent Way Institution

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persistent vegetative state (redirected from Permanent vegetative state)

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