vitals

V4I1T1A1L1S1
/ˈvaɪtəlz/

noun

Those organs of the body that are essential for life.

UncommonScrabble 9

Meanings

vitals1

nounvitals pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThose organs of the body that are essential for life.
  2. figurativelypluralplural onlyThose parts of a system without which it cannot function.
  3. pluralplural onlymedicineVital signs.
  4. datedeuphemisticpluralplural onlyThe male genitals.

    ἐκ δὲ Μελάνθιον ἦγον ἀνὰ πρόθυρόν τε καὶ αὐλήν: τοῦ δ᾽ ἀπὸ μὲν ῥῖνάς τε καὶ οὔατα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ τάμνον, μήδεά τ᾽ ἐξέρυσαν, κυσὶν ὠμὰ δάσασθαι, χεῖράς τ᾽ ἠδὲ πόδας κόπτον κεκοτηότι θυμῷ.

    Then forth they led Melanthius through the doorway and the court, and cut off his nostrils and his ears with the pitiless bronze, and drew out his vitals for the dogs to eat raw, and cut off his hands and his feet in their furious wrath.

    1919, A.T. Murray, transl., The Odyssey (Loeb Classical Library Edition), →ISBN, page 371

Vitals2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Vital

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna bodily organ that is essential for life

Broader

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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