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vital signs pl (plural only)

1. (medicine) 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.

   Synonym: vitals

   • 2004, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, in American Idiot‎, performed by Green Day:

     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

2. (figuratively, by extension) A set of variables or characteristics that indicate the general condition of something.

   the vital signs of the economy

   • 2019 October 23, Hayley Quinn, Paisley Gilmour, “An essential guide to 'zombieing' - the dating trend that's worse than ghosting”, in Cosmopolitan‎:

     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.