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vital [ vi·tal ]
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1. Absolutely necessary; essential.
it is vital that the system is regularly maintained
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2. Indispensable to the continuance of life.
the vital organs
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3. Full of energy; lively.
a beautiful, vital girl
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4. Fatal.
the wound is vital
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1. The body's important internal organs.
he felt the familiar knot contract in his vitals
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Origin
1. Late Middle English (describing the animating principle of living beings, also in vital (sense 2 of the adjective)): via Old French from Latin vitalis, from vita ‘life’. The sense ‘essential’ dates from the early 17th century.
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