Vegetative State

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
VS
Pronunciation
/ˌvɛʤəˈteɪtɪv steɪt/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. She was in what was described as a vegetative state.
  2. Modern medicine, however, has created a third option, the persistent vegetative state.
  3. This might be a persistent vegetative state with no possibility of turning it on, even in principle.
  4. But is not in a persistant vegetative state.
  5. Despite rigorous clinical assessment, many patients in the vegetative state are misdiagnosed.

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