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vital statistic

vital statistic noun: a single important number derived from public health data or personal measurements.

Noun

vital statistic (plural vital statistics)

  1. A single important number derived from public health data or personal measurements.
    • Except for the fact that the "matter" of which he was now a vital statistic was simply unbearable to him. His death would come as a shock to him […]1995, Françoise Sagan, Richard Seaver, A Fleeting Sorrow: A Novel, page 11

Forms of vital statistic

pluralvital statistics

Questions about vital statistic

What does vital statistic mean?
Vital statistic means a single important number derived from public health data or personal measurements.
What part of speech is vital statistic?
Vital statistic is a noun.
What is the plural of vital statistic?
The plural of vital statistic is vital statistics.

Words near vital statistic in the dictionary

  1. vital organs
  2. vital sign
  3. vital signs
  4. vital spark
  5. vital sparks
  6. vital statistic
  7. vital statistics
  8. Vitale
  9. Vitalez
  10. Vitali
  11. Vitali-Carathéodory theorem

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