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Basic readings for a hospital patient
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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 ...
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n. a bodily organ that is essential for life [syn: vital organ ]
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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
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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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.
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.