Abbreviation for persistent vegetative state.
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percussion, vibration, suction; percutaneous vascular surgery; peritoneovenous shunt; persistent vegetative state; persistent viral syndrome; Plummer-Vinson syndrome; poliovirus susceptibility; polyvinyl sponge; premature ventricular systole; programmed ventricular stimulation; pulmonary valvular stenosis
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permanent vegetative state; persistent vegetative state.Medical dictionary. 2011.