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vital

vi·tal [ vt'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. crucial: extremely important and necessary, or indispensable to the survival or continuing effectiveness of something

2. needed for life: required for the continuation of life
vital body organs

3. lively: full of animation or vigor
a vital neighborhood

4. of life: relating to life
vital records of a population

[14th century. < Latin vitalis< vita "life"]

vi·tal·ness noun

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