PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE

Meaning of PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE in English

( persistent vegetative states)

If someone is in a persistent vegetative state , they are unable to think, speak, or move because they have severe brain damage, and their condition is not likely to improve. ( MEDICAL )

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PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE — ■ noun a condition in which a patient is completely unresponsive to stimuli and displays no sign of higher brain …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE — noun ( medical ) a condition in which a person's body is kept working by medical means but the person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE — perˌsistent ˈvegetative ˌstate BrE AmE noun [countable] medical a condition in which someone’s brain is so damaged that they cannot …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE — (~s) If someone is in a ~, they are unable to think, speak, or move because they have severe brain …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He had been in a persistent vegetative state since being crushed in the Hillsborough disaster …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE — Вегетативное состояние
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE — сущ. ; мед. ; сокр. - PVS хроническое вегетативное состояние, апаллический синдром ( сохранение вегетативных функций нервной системы в степени, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE — сущ.; мед.; сокр. - PVS хроническое вегетативное состояние, апаллический синдром (сохранение вегетативных функций нервной системы в степени, достаточной для выживания при …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
VEGETATIVE — adj vegetative
Interlingua English vocab
VEGETATIVE — adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. growing or having the power of growing, of, relating to, or engaged in nutritive …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STATE — I Political organization of society, or the body politic, or, more narrowly, the institutions of government. The state is distinguished …
Английский словарь Британика
STATE — I. ˈstāt, usu -ād.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English stat, from Old French & Latin; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PERSISTENT — I. -nt adjective Etymology: Latin persistent-, persistens, present participle of persistere to persist — more at persist 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VEGETATIVE — ˈvejəˌtād.]iv, -āt], ]ēv also ]əv, chiefly Brit -jətətiv adjective Etymology: Middle English vegetatif, from Medieval Latin vegetativus, from vegetatus (past …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VEGETATIVE — (a.) Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition, apart from …
Английский словарь Webster
VEGETATIVE — (a.) Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil.
Английский словарь Webster
VEGETATIVE — (a.) Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating.
Английский словарь Webster
PERSISTENT — (a.) Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent …
Английский словарь Webster
VEGETATIVE — ( a. ) Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VEGETATIVE — ( a. ) Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VEGETATIVE — ( a. ) Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PERSISTENT — ( a. ) Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VEGETATIVE — — vegetatively , adv. — vegetativeness , n. /vej"i tay'tiv/ , adj. 1. growing or developing as or like plants; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PERSISTENT — — persistently , adv. /peuhr sis"teuhnt, -zis"-/ , adj. 1. persisting, esp. in spite of opposition, obstacles, discouragement, etc.; persevering: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VEGETATIVE — adj. concerning plants and plant growth; relating to development and growth (as opposed to sexual reproduction); having a dull or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
VEGETATIVE — adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) : growing or having the power of growing (2) : of, relating to, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PERSISTENT — adjective Etymology: Latin persistent-, persistens, present participle of persistere Date: 1826 1. : existing for a long or longer than …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VEGETATIVE — adj growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating. 2. vegetative ·adj having the power to …
Webster English vocab
PERSISTENT — adj inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose. 2. persistent ·adj remaining beyond the period when …
Webster English vocab
VEGETATIVE — [ 'vɛdʒɪtətɪv , -teɪtɪv ] ■ adjective 1》 Biology relating to or denoting reproduction or propagation achieved by asexual means, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
VEGETATIVE — [veg.e.ta.tive] adj (14c) 1 a (1): growing or having the power of growing (2): of, relating to, or engaged in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PERSISTENT — [per.sis.tent] adj [L persistent-, persistens, prp. of persistere] (1826) 1: existing for a long or longer than usual time or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STATE — political organization of society, or the body politic, or, more narrowly, the institutions of government. The state is a form …
Britannica English vocabulary
VEGETATIVE — vegetative BrE AmE ˈvedʒ ət ət ɪv -ˈ•ɪt-; -ə teɪt-, -ɪ teɪt- AmE \ -ə teɪt̬ ɪv ▷ vegetative|ly li …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PERSISTENT — persistent BrE AmE pə ˈsɪst ə nt AmE \ p ə r- -ˈzɪst- ▷ persistent|ly li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VEGETATIVE — / ˈvedʒɪtətɪv; NAmE -teɪtɪv/ adjective 1. relating to plant life 2. ( medical ) ( of a person ) alive …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STATE — / steɪt; NAmE / noun , adjective , verb ■ noun CONDITION OF SB / STH 1. [ C ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERSISTENT — / pəˈsɪstənt; NAmE pərˈs-/ adjective 1. determined to do sth despite difficulties, especially when other people are against you and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VEGETATIVE — veg ‧ e ‧ ta ‧ tive /ˈvedʒətətɪv, ˈvedʒɪtətɪv $ -teɪtɪv/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] 1 . technical …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STATE — I. state 1 S1 W2 /steɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: estat , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PERSISTENT — per ‧ sis ‧ tent AC /pəˈsɪst ə nt $ pər-/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: verb : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VEGETATIVE — adj. 1 concerned with growth and development as distinct from sexual reproduction. 2 of or relating to vegetation or plant …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STATE — n. & v. --n. 1 the existing condition or position of a person or thing (in a bad state of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PERSISTENT — adj. 1 continuing obstinately; persisting. 2 enduring. 3 constantly repeated (persistent nagging). 4 Biol. (of horns, leaves, etc.) remaining instead …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VEGETATIVE — adj. 1 concerned with growth and development as distinct from sexual reproduction. 2 of or relating to vegetation or plant …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STATE — n. & v. n. 1 the existing condition or position of a person or thing (in a bad state of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PERSISTENT — adj. 1 continuing obstinately; persisting. 2 enduring. 3 constantly repeated (persistent nagging). 4 Biol. (of horns, leaves, etc.) remaining instead …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VEGETATIVE — adj.1 concerned with growth and development as distinct from sexual reproduction. 2 of or relating to vegetation or plant life. …
Oxford English vocab
STATE — n. & v. --n. 1. the existing condition or position of a person or thing (in a bad state of …
Oxford English vocab
PERSISTENT — adj.1 continuing obstinately; persisting. 2 enduring. 3 constantly repeated (persistent nagging). 4 Biol. (of horns, leaves, etc.) remaining instead of …
Oxford English vocab
VEGETATIVE — If someone is in a vegetative state, they are unable to move, think, or speak, and their condition is not …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STATE — ( states, stating, stated) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You can …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERSISTENT — 1. Something that is persistent continues to exist or happen for a long time; used especially about bad or undesirable …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VEGETATIVE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES persistent vegetative state COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN propagation ▪ The second method, budding is …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STATE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PERSISTENT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a persistent cough (= one that is difficult to cure ) a persistent rumour (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PERSISTENT — [adjective]Something that is persistent lasts for a long time or is difficult to get rid of.a persistent smell/skin rashpersistent debts/difficultiesSymptoms …
Cambridge English vocab
STATE — n. Islamic State of Afghanistan State of Brunei Darussalam Gosudarstvennaya Duma State Assembly State of Eritrea State of Israel State …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PERSISTENT — adj. Function: adjective 1 continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition, or previous failure FF1C; a …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PERSISTENT — adjective 1. continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition, or previous failure a persistent suitor Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
VEGETATIVE — adj. Vegetative is used with these nouns: ↑ cover
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PERSISTENT — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ extremely , incredibly , really , remarkably , very ▪ The weeds were very …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PERSISTENT — adj. 25B6; adjective a very persistent man : TENACIOUS, persevering, determined, resolute, purposeful, dogged, single-minded, tireless, indefatigable, patient, unflagging, untiring, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PERSISTENT — adj. 1 persisting, persevering, tenacious, steadfast, firm, fast, fixed, staunch, resolute, resolved, determined, unfaltering, unswerving, undeviating, unflagging, tireless, untiring, indefatigable, …
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