vital function
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vital function
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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"This finding was never anticipated. Chemokine-driven locomotion is a vital function of the immune system, but a totally different function as compared to the J chain!"
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2024
The museum serves a vital function in preserving pinball past and present.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
In many ways, celebrities perform a vital function, partly by providing material for the rest of us to dissect, praise, criticise and make into memes.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2022
With "The McCartney Legacy," the authors perform a vital function, affording readers with the first in-depth study of McCartney's transition from Beatle Paul into solo superstardom.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2022
We may define it most precisely as the ultimate organic unit, and, as the cells are the sole active principles in every vital function, we may call them the "plastids," or "formative elements."
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
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