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vitals

plural noun

ˈvī-tᵊlz

Definition of vitals

as in inside(s)

the internal organs of the body remember to wear a full vest to protect your vitals while sparring

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Recent Examples of vitals The coma would be reversed once the brain was back to normal, if all of Allen’s vitals held. — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023 Modern compound bows and crossbows (which most hunters are shooting) deliver arrows with plenty of force to push a quality mechanical broadhead through a deer’s vitals at those close and moderate ranges. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 3 Jan. 2023 For providers, telehealth services can broaden access to care, and digital technology can reduce the number of people necessary to personally monitor vitals for awareness and diagnosis. — Jiang Li, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022 Relatives surrounding another bed began tearing up as an elderly woman’s vitals flatlined. — Dake Kang, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for vitals

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Plural Noun

Asus has made the Z13 look cooler than your average tablet, too, with a retro-futurist design that includes a small window to give you a peek at its impressive innards.

— Stephen Slaybaugh, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023
This front-engine, rear-drive supercar is equally adept at whisking you comfortably to dinner at a three-star Michelin restaurant and mashing your innards together with its seemingly limitless performance.

— Frankie Cruz, Car and Driver, 20 Jan. 2023

Definition of innards

Plural Noun

In one scene Dahmer goes fishing and, while learning to gut his catch, squeezes the entrails between his fingers and watches them ooze.

— Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
Ancient peoples believed divine messages could be transmitted through a variety of mediums, including the entrails of dead animals, the stars, the behavior of birds and small bones or dice.

— Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022

Definition of entrails

Plural Noun

Marmots, woodland creatures whose raw viscera are believed by Siberians to have medicinal properties, are not infrequently hunted by poachers and sold at wet markets.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
The sunfish had a large lateral wound, so the viscera had likely already been removed.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026

Definition of viscera

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