vital signs

vital signs

English

Noun

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.
   • 2004, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and 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

Synonyms

• vitals (short form)

Translations

set of measurements of a patient's condition

Chinese: Mandarin: 生命跡象 (zh), 生命迹象 (zh) (shēngmìng jìxiàng), 生命徵象 (zh), 生命征象 (zh) (shēngmìng zhēngxiàng), 生命體徵, 生命体征 (shēngmìng tǐzhēng) Finnish: elintoiminnot pl, vitaaliparametrit pl Spanish: constantes vitales f pl