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Vital signs (also
known as vitals) are a
group of the four to six most
crucial medical signs that
indicate the
status of the body's
vital (life-sustaining)...
- in animals,
there are far
fewer in plants,
where some
perform the
vital functions, such as photosynthesis,
while the
reproductive organs are essential...
- : 120–127 In most sponges, an
internal gelatinous matrix called mesohyl functions as an endoskeleton, and it is the only
skeleton in soft
sponges that encrust...
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anesthetic agents, as well as the
monitoring and
maintenance of a patient's
vital functions throughout the
perioperative period.
Since the 19th century, anesthesiology...
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caused by the
effects of the
death zone,
either directly by the loss of
vital functions or
indirectly by poor
decisions made
under stress (e.g., not turning...
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which are
necessary for
normal vital functions.
Estimates regarding the organ's
total number of
functions vary, but is
generally cited as being...
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often utilized during an
emergency and are
meant to keep an item's
vital functions operating. The COVID-19
pandemic is an
example of when
skeleton crews...
- of all
vital functions: As a
spider sends forth its thread, and as tiny
sparks spring forth from a fire, so
indeed do all the
vital functions (prana)...
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adopting such an arrangement,
pilots are
capable of
performing all
vital functions as well as
flying the
aircraft without having to
remove their hands...
- things."
Where vitalism explicitly invokes a
vital principle, that
element is
often referred to as the "
vital spark", "energy", "élan
vital" (coined by vitalist...