| state government | The complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing the state is carried out (u.s. Only). (12 Dec 1998) |
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| government | The complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing is carried out in a specific political unit. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| government agencies | Administrative units of government responsible for policy making and management of governmental activities in the u.s. And abroad. (12 Dec 1998) |
| government hospital | A hospital administered by officials of the city, county, state, or nation. Synonym: public hospital. (05 Mar 2000) |
| government programs | Programs and activities sponsored or administered by local, state, or national governments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| municipal government | Urban governmental functions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| financing, government | Federal, state, or local government organised methods of financial assistance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| absent state | The saemiconscious state associated with an epileptic attack. Synonym: absent state. (05 Mar 2000) |
| activated state | <chemistry, radiobiology> An atom or nucleus which possesses more energy than its ground state energy. (16 Dec 1997) |
| acute confusional state | <psychiatry> A condition of severe confusion or rapid change in brain function. This often occurs as the result of a mental illness or physical illness. Symptoms include lethargy, agitation, confusion, disorientation and delirium. (27 Sep 1997) |
| anxiety tension state | A milder form of an anxiety disorder. See: anxiety disorders. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apallic state | Diffuse, bilateral cerebral cortical degeneration caused by head injury, anoxia, or encephalitis, a state of persistent unresponsiveness, such as akinetic mutism, caused by brain damage. See: vegetative. Synonym: apallic syndrome, apallic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carrier state | A condition in which a human who is not himself sick harbors an infective organism which may cause disease in those to whom it is transmitted. (12 Dec 1998) |
| refractory state | Subnormal excitability immediately following a response to previous excitation; the state is divided into absolute and relative phases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central excitatory state | The building up of excitatory influences produced by individual impulses finally causes firing of the next neuron. (05 Mar 2000) |
| perfect state | In fungi, that portion of the life cycle in which spores are formed after nuclear fusion. (05 Mar 2000) |