LIFE-PROLONGING PROCEDURES
\lˈa͡ɪfpɹəlˈɒŋɪŋ pɹəsˈiːd͡ʒəz], \lˈaɪfpɹəlˈɒŋɪŋ pɹəsˈiːdʒəz], \l_ˈaɪ_f_p_ɹ_ə_l_ˈɒ_ŋ_ɪ_ŋ p_ɹ_ə_s_ˈiː_dʒ_ə_z]\
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Medical procedures used to extend the life of someone who is terminally ill or permanently comatose. These procedures may include the administration of blood or blood products, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), diagnostic tests, dialysis, antibiotics, surgery or a respirator. Also called life-sustaining procedures.
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- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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