Meaning | Sign of life; usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition. |
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Example | "he was still alive but his vital signs were weak" |
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Narrower | blood pressure | The pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels |
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body temperature, blood heat | Temperature of the body |
pulse, pulse rate, heart rate | The rate at which the heart beats |
respiratory rate, rate of respiration | The rate at which a person inhales and exhales |
Broader | sign | (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease |
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