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Noun: élan vital  ,ey-laÑ-vee'taal
  1. (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms
    - life force, vital force, vitality

Type of: force

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elaeostearic acid
Elagatis
Elagatis bipinnulata
elaidic acid
El-Aksur
Elam
Elamite
Elamitic
elan
élan
élan vital
eland
Elanoides
Elanoides forficatus
Elanus
Elanus leucurus
Elaphe
Elaphe guttata
Elaphe obsoleta
elaphure
Elaphurus