vitals

vi·tals

V0125300 (vīt′lz)pl.n.1. The vital body organs.2. The parts essential to continued functioning, as of a system.3. Informal Vital signs.

vi•tals

(ˈvaɪt lz)

n.pl. 1. those bodily organs that are essential to life, as the brain, heart, liver, lungs, and stomach. 2. the essential parts of something. [1600–10; translation of Latin vītālia; see vital]

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vitals - a bodily organ that is essential for lifevital organorgan - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function