vital signs en · NOUN
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(plural, plural-only) A set of measurements of a patient's condition taken regularly to assess the state of bodily functions: CSM, skin signs, lung sounds, temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respiration.
Read between the lines / What's fucked up, and everything's alright / Check my vital signs / To know I'm still alive, and I walk alone
2004, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, in American Idiot, performed by Green Day:
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(broadly, figuratively, plural, plural-only) A set of variables or characteristics that indicate the general condition of something.
the vital signs of the economy
We met in a pub and spoke for hours. We went through two bottles of red wine and a couple of pizzas. We had a kiss as the bus stop, and messaged as soon as we both got home. Good vital signs right? Wrong.
2019 October 23, Hayley Quinn, Paisley Gilmour, “An essential guide to 'zombieing' - the dating trend that's worse than ghosting”, in Cosmopolitan:
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es constantes vitales (set of measurements of a patient's condition) · cmn 生命跡象 /生命迹象 (set of measurements of a patient's condition) · cmn 生命體徵 /生命体征 (set of measurements of a patient's condition) · fi vitaaliparametrit (set of measurements of a patient's condition) · fi elintoiminnot (set of measurements of a patient's condition) · cmn 生命徵象 /生命征象 (set of measurements of a patient's condition) · id tanda vital (set of measurements of a patient's condition) · ru показатели жизненно важных функций (set of measurements of a patient's condition)