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vitals

/ˈvaɪtəlz/

vitals noun: those organs of the body that are essential for life.

Noun

vitals pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Those organs of the body that are essential for life.
  2. (figuratively, plural, plural-only) Those parts of a system without which it cannot function.
  3. (plural, plural-only) Vital signs.
  4. (dated, euphemistic, plural, plural-only) The male genitals.
    • ἐκ δὲ Μελάνθιον ἦγον ἀνὰ πρόθυρόν τε καὶ αὐλήν:
      τοῦ δ᾽ ἀπὸ μὲν ῥῖνάς τε καὶ οὔατα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ
      τάμνον, μήδεά τ᾽ ἐξέρυσαν, κυσὶν ὠμὰ δάσασθαι,
      χεῖράς τ᾽ ἠδὲ πόδας κόπτον κεκοτηότι θυμῷ.1919, A.T. Murray, transl., The Odyssey (Loeb Classical Library Edition), →ISBN, page 371

Proper noun capitalized: Vitals

Vitals

  1. (plural) plural of Vital

Words formed from vitals

Phrases with vitals

Questions about vitals

What does vitals mean?
Vitals means those organs of the body that are essential for life.
What part of speech is vitals?
Vitals can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce vitals?
Vitals is pronounced /ˈvaɪtəlz/.

Words near vitals in the dictionary

  1. vitally
  2. vitally challenged
  3. vitalness
  4. vitalometer
  5. vitalometry
  6. vitals
  7. vitamer
  8. vitameric
  9. vitamers
  10. vitamin
  11. vitamin A

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