Meaning of Vitals | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Those organs of the body that are essential for life.
   plural, plural-only
2. Those parts of a system without which it cannot function.
   figuratively, plural, plural-only
3. Vital signs.
   plural, plural-only
4. The male genitals.
   dated, euphemistic, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“ἐκ δὲ Μελάνθιον ἦγον ἀνὰ πρόθυρόν τε καὶ αὐλήν: τοῦ δ᾽ ἀπὸ μὲν ῥῖνάς τε καὶ οὔατα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ τάμνον, μήδεά τ᾽ ἐξέρυσαν, κυσὶν ὠμὰ δάσασθαι, χεῖράς τ᾽ ἠδὲ πόδας κόπτον κεκοτηότι θυμῷ.”

Then forth they led Melanthius through the doorway and the court, and cut off his nostrils and his ears with the pitiless bronze, and drew out his vitals for the dogs to eat raw, and cut off his hands and his feet in their furious wrath.

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