vital

vital
vital [vīt′'l]
adj.
[ME < MFr < L vitalis, vital < vita, life, akin to vivere, to live: see BIO-]
1. of, concerned with, or manifesting life [vital energy]
2.
a) necessary or essential to life; being a source or support of life [vital organs]
b) affecting, esp. destroying, life; critical, esp. fatal [a vital wound]
3.
a) essential to the existence or continuance of something; indispensable [a vital function]
b) of crucial importance [a vital matter]
4. affecting the validity, truth, etc. of something [a vital error]
5. full of life and vigor; energetic [a vital personality]
n.
[pl.]
1. the vital organs, as the heart, brain, lungs, etc.
2. the essential parts of anything, indispensable for its existence, continuance, etc.
SYN.- LIVING
vitally
adv.

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