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Heart, lungs, etc.
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vitals
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Vitals is a 2002 science fiction / techno-thriller novel written by Greg Bear , and nominated for a John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2002. It centres on Hal Cousins, a scientist who wishes to find a way to prevent death. He gets his funding from angel ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vitals \Vi"tals\, n. pl. Organs that are necessary for life; more especially, the heart, lungs, and brain. Fig.: The part essential to the life or health of anything; as, the vitals of a state. ``The vitals of the public body.'' --Glanvill.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"organs of the body essential to life," c.1600, from noun use of adjective vital , perhaps on model of Latin vitalia "vital force," neuter plural of vitalis .
Usage examples of vitals.
His wounded head beat with tremendous and straining painfulness, as though it would burst asunder, and he was possessed by a burning thirst that seemed to consume his very vitals.