vis vitae

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin vis (“energy, force, power, strength”) + vita (“life”).

Noun edit

vis vitae (uncountable)

(biology) vital force

See also edit

vim vitae

References edit

“vis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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