vital sign
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1. sign of life; usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | sign, |
| definition | : | (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | blood heat, body temperature, |
| definition | : | temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | blood pressure, |
| definition | : | the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the heart; sometimes measured for a quick evaluation of a person's health (noun.phenomenon) |
| hyponym | : | heart rate, pulse, pulse rate, |
| definition | : | the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | rate of respiration, respiratory rate, |
| definition | : | the rate at which a person inhales and exhales; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health (noun.time) |
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