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Essential parts
Answer for the clue "Essential parts ", 6 letters:
vitals
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Word definitions for vitals in dictionaries
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 .
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.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context plurale tantum English) Those organs of the body that are essential for life. 2 (context plurale tantum figuratively English) Those parts of a system without which it cannot function. 3 (context medicine plurale tantum English) vital signs
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Vitals is an online resource for patients to find doctors and medical facilities. The site focuses on doctors, dentists, psychologists, urgent care centers, group practices and hospitals. Vitals claims to collect over 1.4 billion points of data on doctors, ...
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.