signs of life
Pulse and breath
Signs of life are indicators that something is alive or active.
Literally, these include breathing, pulse, and movement—what rescuers search for at accident scenes.
Figuratively, signs of life suggest any activity where none was expected: The startup showed its first signs of life when investors called back.
Is there any sign of life from the committee?
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- pulseArterial blood throb
- breathAir taken in
- first breathNewborn's opening gasp
- activityEngagement in doing
beating heart · movement · respiration · habitable zone · vitality · bioluminescence · search and rescue · response · warmth · body heat · consciousness · coming to · cell division · metabolism · revival · stillborn · biosignature · quicken
signs of liferigor mortis
Postmortem muscular rigidity
flatline · lifelessness · clinical death · decomposition · brain death
signs of lifeabandonment
Act of leaving permanently
desolation · emptiness · desertion · vacancy · ghost town
signs of lifehopelessness
State without hope
lost cause · futility · finality · game over · point of no return
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