vital function
nounPhysiology.
any function of the body that is essential for life.
Origin of vital function
1First recorded in 1795–1805
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How to use vital function in a sentence
Now, our schools welcome all comers but they continue to perform a vital function for the life of the church.
Why Obama Health-Care Rule on Contraception Angers Catholic Democrats | Michael Sean Winters | February 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWater is absolutely essential to the performance of every vital function connected with human metabolism.
The Mother and Her Child | William S. SadlerIt is engendered in the Reproductive System; which may be regarded as the power-house of Life and vital function.
Feminism and Sex-Extinction | Arabella KenealyConclusive proof of the diminution of vital function during sleep is thus obtained.
Insomnia; and Other Disorders of Sleep | Henry M. LymanVomit—a settled word, and one of the foremost, of the reversed, unnatural vital function.
No one has done more to bring out the depths there are in vital function than Bernard.
Makers of Modern Medicine | James J. Walsh
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