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VITAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Manifesting or characteristic of life
Example:
vital signs
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Derivation:
vitality (the property of being able to survive and grow)
vitalize (give life to)
vitalness (the quality of being essential to maintain life)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Full of spirit; full of life
Example:
this whole lively world
Synonyms:
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alive; animated (having life or vigor or spirit)
Derivation:
vitality (an energetic style)
vitality (the property of being able to survive and grow)
vitality (a healthy capacity for vigorous activity)
vitalize (make more lively or vigorous)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Performing an essential function in the living body
Example:
life-giving love and praise
Synonyms:
life-sustaining; vital
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Adjectives
Similar:
essential (basic and fundamental)
Derivation:
vitality ((biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms)
vitalness (the quality of being essential to maintain life)
vitalness (the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Urgently needed; absolutely necessary
Example:
of vital interest
Synonyms:
critical; vital
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Adjectives
Similar:
indispensable (not to be dispensed with; essential)
Derivation:
vitalness (the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without)
Context examples:
With Jekyll, it was a thing of vital instinct.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It’s a vital international problem that you have to solve.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Does not include vital signs measurements, which are stored in the vital signs domain.
(Physical Exam Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
EXAMPLE(S): lab test, taking vital signs, physical exam.
(Performed Observation, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
A form of complementary and alternative medicine based on the belief that vital energy flows through the human body.
(Healing touch, NCI Dictionary)
This gene is involved in a variety of cellular processes vital for survival and angiogenesis.
(NRP1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Forced vital capacity as a proportion of the predicted normal value.
(Percent Predicted Forced Vital Capacity, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Language is a vital skill, Segaert said.
(Exercise May Help Seniors with Word, Memory Problems, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
"One more request;" she became very solemn as she said this, "it is not vital and necessary like the other, but I want you to do one thing for me, if you will."
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“Listen to them, and find if it is hard to discover the most vital thing in their souls,” said Wolf Larsen.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
