Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vitals"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vitals \Vi"tals\, n. pl.
1. Organs that are necessary for life; more especially, the
heart, lungs, and brain.
2. Fig.: The part essential to the life or health of
anything; as, the vitals of a state. ``The vitals of the
public body.'' --Glanvill.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vitals
n : a bodily organ that is essential for life [syn: {vital organ}]
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