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vegetative state

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vegetative state [′vej·ə‚tād·iv ‚stāt]
(virology)
The noninfective state during which the genome of a phage multiplies and directs host synthesis of substances needed for production of infective particles.


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A 12-YEAR sentence on a man for a brutal sectarian attack which left his victim in a vegetative state was affirmed yesterday.
During the study, the researchers from University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, the University of Cambridge, UK and the Institute of Cognitive Neurology, Argentina used the classical Pavlonian conditioning to test the responsiveness of patients in vegetative state.
Walter), who serves in a subacute facility where patients in a permanent vegetative state are cared for, and where the annual cost of care is $50,000.
 
 
 
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