| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| espanja | vitalismo |
| esperanto | vitalismo |
| hollanti | vitalisme |
| italia | vitalismo |
| portugali | vitalismo |
| puola | witalizm |
| ranska | vitalisme |
| ruotsi | vitalism |
| saksa | Vitalismus |
| tanska | vitalisme |
| venäjä | витализм (vitalizm) |
| Monikko | vitalisms |
The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.
The synthesis of urea in the early 19th century from inorganic compounds was counterevidence for the vitalist hypothesis that only organisms could make the components of living things.