vegetative
植物性,植物人,植物性的,植物的
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Definitions
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- : growing or developing as or like plants; vegetating.
- : of, relating to, or concerned with vegetation or vegetable growth.
- : of or relating to the plant kingdom.
- : noting the parts of a plant not specialized for reproduction.
- : asexual.
- : denoting or pertaining to those bodily functions that are performed unconsciously or involuntarily.
- : having the power to produce or support growth in plants:vegetative mold.
- : characterized by a lack of activity; inactive; passive: a vegetative state.
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Examples
The situation was so dire that the family of the patient had been told to expect she would remain in an irreversible vegetative state.
In a landmark study in 2006, a team of researchers showed that a 23-year-old woman, who suffered severe brain trauma and was thought to be in a vegetative state following a traffic accident, had signs of awareness.
Disorders of consciousness are a common consequence of severe brain injury and include comas and vegetative states.
Still a graduate student, I had begun co-conducting the first clinical trial using ultrasound to treat severe brain damage in patients with a “disorder of consciousness,” like coma or the vegetative state.
People who are in a coma or vegetative state are thought to have no internal experience, like seeing or hearing.
Terri Schiavo, on the other hand, was in a vegetative state.
“So settled, so still, so serene / Completely vegetative, cumcumbive, or potative, non-communicative, and green …” Bonkers.
The doctors told her to get busy and find a nursing home, as the prognosis was “a vegetative state at best.”
While not brain-dead, the 81 year old exists in a persistent vegetative state.
From the animal soul there likewise issued a splendor, which produced the vegetative soul.
From the vegetative soul proceeds again a splendor, from which is made the sphere (the heaven).