He would have been in a vegetative state for the rest of his life. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A dull vegetative lifestyle. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
People killed in a fire, people in a long-term vegetative state, they all end up posed about the same. From Wordnik.com. [Diary]
We now report on new fundamental studies on GAII in vegetative matter and on a simple way for significant performance improvement of Zn/Cu-vegetative battery. From Wordnik.com. [tingilinde:] Reference
She is just in what doctors would call a vegetative state. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2005] Reference
WHITFIELD: Awake after six years, in what doctors call a vegetative state. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2007] Reference
Propagating plants from plant parts other than seeds is called vegetative propagation. From Wordnik.com. [5. How plants live and grow] Reference
For five months, a 23-year-old English woman lay in what doctors called a vegetative state. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2006] Reference
"The pressure stimulates a branch of a cranial nerve called the vegetative vagus," says Field. From Wordnik.com. [Giving Infants A Helping Hand] Reference
For five months, a 23-year-old English woman lay in what her doctors called a vegetative state. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 15, 2006] Reference
The second have essence and life, which are called vegetative, as hearbs, trees, and all plants. From Wordnik.com. [HIERARCHY AND ORDER] Reference
Potatoes reproduces themselves through type of asexual reproduction called vegetative propagation. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
In the current experiment, the researchers found that three other patients identified as vegetative showed similar responses. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
People are medically defined as vegetative when they have no recognisable behavioural responses to external stimuli, says Riganello. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Online News] Reference
People are medically defined as vegetative when they have no recognisable behavioural responses to external stimuli, said Riganello. From Wordnik.com. [Medindia Health News] Reference
For the past year, he has existed in what his doctors call a vegetative state, or "eyes-open coma," resulting from a horrific beating. From Wordnik.com. [Since beating that left student in coma, his father has kept a constant vigil] Reference
Using brain scanning equipment and a cleverly designed interrogation technique, scientists have been able to ask questions of so-called vegetative patients. From Wordnik.com. [kottke.org] Reference
The so-called vegetative life of animals -- for I believe the term to be exceedingly inexact -- is applied to their growth, that is, to the increase in their weight. From Wordnik.com. [The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock] Reference
This is called "vegetative" or asexual reproduction. From Wordnik.com. [Rich Wolf: Ancient Quaking Aspen Clones] Reference
Cuvier, like Aristotle, Buffon, and Bichat, makes the heart the centre of the "vegetative" organs. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
Unfortunately, the implication of 'vegetative' is not far off the intellectual level this illustration utilizes. From Wordnik.com. [I'm sorry ... the lesson here is what exactly?] Reference
Green roofs, also called 'vegetative', 'living', or 'eco-roofs', are living plants installed on top of traditional roofs. From Wordnik.com. [Stefanie Michaels: HOTELS TAKING "GOING GREEN" TO NEW TOPS WITH GREEN ROOFS] Reference
This we call vegetative soul. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy] Reference
Plants, he wrote, have a "vegetative" soul and a "rational" soul that allows for thought. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
What it shows, though, is that these patients aren't "vegetative" at all-at least mentally. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Register] Reference
Trace of thought found in 'vegetative' patient man whose eyes opened yet whose brain seemed shut down. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Science shows that women need more sleep] Reference
That's because salmonella in relatively dry products enters a kind of vegetative state that allows it to survive heating. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Other conditions related to issues such as vegetative screening, dust control, stormwater management and proper lighting. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen] Reference
The conscious manifestations of mind are volitional, while the unconscious, "vegetative," reflex operations of mind are wholly involuntary. From Wordnik.com. [The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals] Reference
It's kind of vegetative: it has a starchy, gourd flavor. ". From Wordnik.com. [Gregory Daurer: It's the Great Pumpkin Beer, Andy Brown!] Reference
"vegetative" patients showed on imaging tests that her brain was responding to commands. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Global Home] Reference
But there are many things they can still do before that vegetative state sets in. From Wordnik.com. [Testing For Alzheimer's] Reference
Frist - After Schiavo autopsy proves she was vegetative, denies he made TV diagnosis. From Wordnik.com. [CONVENTIONAL WISDOM] Reference
Would we, for example, prefer life over death if that life were in a vegetative state?. From Wordnik.com. [Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.: End of Life Planning--A Necessary Conversation] Reference
Outside experts speculate that he's in a "persistent vegetative state," never to recover. —. From Wordnik.com. [Vigil for an Israeli Lion] Reference
That's the fate of Terry Schiavo, the Florida woman living, for 14 years, in a vegetative state. From Wordnik.com. [CAPITAL IDEAS] Reference
Lettuce Leaf has been grown for well over a century, and it is the vegetative king when it comes to pesto making. From Wordnik.com. [Groundwork: Beguiled by basil] Reference
Holmes was in a vegetative state after he was shot several times during a concert at the theater on March 28, 2007. From Wordnik.com. [$1M settlement in Va. shooting lawsuit] Reference
"If someone is in a minimally responsive state and a doctor calls it vegetative, that's a huge error," says Giacino. From Wordnik.com. [To Him, It Was Still 1988: The 'Coma Cop' Awakens] Reference
Rep. Henry Waxman, on the last-minute congressional subpoena of Terri Schiavo, who is in a persistent vegetative state. From Wordnik.com. [PERSPECTIVES] Reference
Business sagas aren't the only fodder: Knopf will publish "Peppers: A Story of Hot Pursuits," a vegetative meditation by Amal Kumar Naj. From Wordnik.com. [Making Book With The Wall Street Journal] Reference
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