vital sign

1. 1.

   sign of life; usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition

   “he was still alive but his vital signs were weak”

   Broadersign

   Narrowerbody temperatureblood pressurepulserespiratory rate

Questions about vital sign

What does vital sign mean?

vital sign means "sign of life; usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition".

Is vital sign a common word?

vital sign is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.