- vitals
- noun (plural) old use the parts of your body that are necessary to keep you alive, such as your heart and lungs
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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Vitals — Vi tals, n. pl. 1. Organs that are necessary for life; more especially, the heart, lungs, and brain. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: The part essential to the life or health of anything; as, the vitals of a state. The vitals of the public body. Glanvill … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vitals — is a 2002 science fiction/techno thriller novel written by Greg Bear.It centres on Hal Cousins, a scientist who wishes to find a way to prevent death. He gets his funding from what he calls angels rich businessmen who are keen to live a thousand… … Wikipedia
vitals — index necessary, necessity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
vitals — (n.) organs of the body essential to life, c.1600, from the adj. VITAL (Cf. vital) taken as a noun … Etymology dictionary
vitals — /vuyt lz/, n.pl. 1. those bodily organs that are essential to life, as the brain, heart, liver, lungs, and stomach. 2. the essential parts of something: the vitals of a democracy. [1600 10; trans. of L vitalia; see VITAL] * * * … Universalium
vitals — n Important information. Yo, can you give me the vitals on Jims party? 1980s … Historical dictionary of American slang
vitals — the testicles Literally, the parts of the body essential to the continuation of life, whence usually the organs located in the trunk: ... him so bad with the mumps and all, so that his poor vitals were swelled to pumpkin size. (Graves,… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
vitals — noun plural Date: 1607 1. vital organs (as the heart, liver, lungs, and brain) 2. essential parts … New Collegiate Dictionary
vitals — noun a) Those organs of the body that are essential for life. b) Those parts of a system without which it cannot function … Wiktionary
vitals — SYN: viscera. * * * vital indicators of teaching and learning success * * * vi·tals vīt əlz n pl vital organs (as the heart, liver, lungs, and brain) … Medical dictionary
vitals — Synonyms and related words: abdomen, anus, appendix, blind gut, bosom, bowels, brain, breast, cecum, center, center of life, colon, core, deepest recesses, duodenum, endocardium, entrails, esoteric reality, foregut, giblets, gizzard, guts, heart … Moby Thesaurus
