Medical Definition of Vital spirits

1. In the galenical teachings, a vital essence or principle supposed to be generated from the air or pneuma in the left ventricle of the heart; carried in the blood to the brain, it was converted to animal spirit's which then flowed along the nerves to all parts of the body. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Vital Spirits

vital air
vital capacity
vital centre
vital force
vital function
vital index
vital knot
vital node
vital organ
vital organs
vital principle
vital pulp
vital red
vital sign
vital signs
vital spirits (current term)
vital stain
vital statistic
vital statistics
vital tooth
vital tripod
vital ultraviolet
vitalic
vitalisation
vitalise
vitalised
vitaliser
vitalises
vitalising
vitalism

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