vitals

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vitals pl (plural only)

  1. (plural only) Those organs of the body that are essential for life.
  2. (plural only, figuratively) Those parts of a system without which it cannot function.
  3. (medicine, plural only) Vital signs.

Quotations

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  • 1827, Ann Hasseltine Judson, An account of the American Baptist mission to the Burman empire:
    they were ripped open from the lowest to the highest extremity of the stomach, and their vitals and part of their bowels were hanging out
  • 2003 David R Woodward - Trial by Friendship: Anglo-American Relations, 1917-1918
    This final victory can only be had by reaching the vitals of Germany and by destroying her armed forces.
  • 1991, Suzy Szasz, Living With It: Why You Don't Have to Be Healthy to Be Happy:
    At least once an hour a nurse came into the room, either to check on me or my roommate, or to take vitals

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Adjective

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vitals

  1. plural of vital