meaning of vital
1. Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.
2. Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood.
3. Containing life; living.
4. Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal.
5. Very necessary; highly important; essential.
6. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
7. A vital part; one of the vitals.
8. manifesting or characteristic of life; "a vital, living organism"; "vital
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