What is the meaning of the word important in medical malpractice cases?

In Meyer v. Bright the court explained the meaning of important as being: The use of the word important is intended to differentiate between those bodily functions which are important to the injured person and those which are not…. What must be considered is the person as a whole and the affect which the bodily function involved has upon that person’s way of life in the broadest sense of that expression. If the bodily function is important to the particular injured person, then, the bodily function in question is an important one within the meaning of that expression in s. 266(1)(b) [now s. 267.5(5)(b)].[19]