NOUN: "vital energy that is held to animate the body internally" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "vital energy that is held to animate the body internally" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
2. the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ANIMATE (verb)
1. give lifelike qualities to
2. heighten or intensify
ANIMATE (adjective)
1. endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
2. belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings
ENERGY (noun)
1. (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
2. an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

Hint 3: Anagram

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HIC

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