Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Personal hygiene
The standards someone has of looking after parts of their body such as hair, skin, teeth and breath, hands and nails, and keeping them clean. Daily maintenance of cleanliness by practicing good healthful habits.
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Personal care
The act of washing, toileting and dressing someone who cannot do these things for themselves.
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Personal
Referring or belonging to a person.
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Person
A man or woman.
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Persistent vegetative state
A condition in which someone is alive and breathes, but shows no brain activity, and will never recover consciousness. PVS may occur in patients with severe brain damage from hypoxia or injury. Patients do not display any awareness of their surroundings, and are unable to communicate. Sleep alternates with apparent wakefulness, when some reflexes may…
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Persist
To continue for some time.
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Persecution
The act of being made to suffer.
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Persecute
To make someone suffer all the time.
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Peroperative
Taking place during a surgical operation.
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Peroneal muscle
One of three muscles, the peroneus brevis, longus and tertius, on the outside of the lower leg which make the leg turn outwards.
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