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vital
/ˈvaɪ təl/
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urgently needed; absolutely necessary
vital meaning(s)
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- (adj) urgently needed; absolutely necessary
- (adj) performing an essential function in the living body
- (adj) full of spirit
- (adj) manifesting or characteristic of life
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- His level of hemoglobin--the vital, oxygen-carrying compound in his red cells--had plummeted from a normal reading of 13 to an ominous 1.
- Interrogators had Corpsman check the detainee's vital signs.
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vital capacity
the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation…
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vital force
(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by…
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vital organ
a bodily organ that is essential for life
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vital principle
a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar…
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vital sign
sign of life; usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition
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vital statistics
data relating to births and deaths and health and diseases and marriages
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vitalisation
the state of being vitalized and filled with life
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vitalise
give life to
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vitaliser
someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people
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vitalism
(philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and…
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vitalist
one who believes in vitalism
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vitality
/vaɪ ˈtæ lə ti/
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an energetic style
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vitalization
the state of being vitalized and filled with life
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vitalize
/ˈvaɪ tə laɪz/
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give life to
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vitalizer
someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people
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vitalizing
giving or having the power to give life and spirit
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vitally
/ˈvaɪ tə li/
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to a vital degree
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vitalness
the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without
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vitals
/ˈvaɪ tlz/
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a bodily organ that is essential for life
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vitamin
/ˈvaɪ tə mən/
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any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to…
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vitamin a
any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night…
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vitamin a1
an unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized…
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vitamin a2
a viscous alcohol that is less active in mammals than is vitamin A1