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词汇 life-threatening
释义 life-threatening
adjective
uk /ˈlaɪfˌθret.ən.ɪŋ/ us /ˈlaɪfˌθret.ən.ɪŋ/
A life-threatening disease is a very serious one that can cause death: (疾病)致命的,危及生命的
life-threatening diseases such as cancer癌症等危及生命的疾病
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grievousformal
graveadjective
serious
severe
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

having a bad result or outcome
seriousHer condition is not thought to be serious.
badHe got a bad case of food poisoning.
bigOnline fraud is a big problem.
majorIt's not a major problem, but it does need to be taken care of.
graveThe public are in grave danger.
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Disease & illness - general words
advanced
aggressiveness
autoimmune disease
bilharzia
bilharziasis
complication
fulminating
gestational
hyperendemic
hypochondriac
iatrogenic
industrial disease
morbid
schistosomiasis
second degree
secretory
seizure
serial interval
snail fever
untreated

life-threatening | American Dictionary


life-threatening
adjective
us/ˈlɑɪfˌθret·ən·iŋ/
able to cause death:
a life-threatening experience/illness

Examples of life-threatening


life-threatening
Unlike many other types of cancers, only a small fraction of prostate cancer cases are aggressive and life-threatening.
In addition, they know that the unit directors will not intervene in their lives unless there is an emergent life-threatening matter.
There has been a quiet revolution in standards of care for those with life-threatening illnesses and those near the end of life.
Nevertheless, it may include thoughts of death distinct from the wish to die, such as in the context of a life-threatening illness.
Some children with chronic illness and/or life-threatening conditions will have established relationships with clinical caregivers; these relationships may engender special insight and unique responsibilities.
Severe cyanosis is common in the early postoperative period and may be life-threatening.
Rheumatoid disease can present as a life-threatening systemic vasculitis.
In anticoagulated patients however major surgical procedures may be potentially life-threatening by causing further bleeding.
If antibiotics become very expensive, some people may not take them for severe, and even life-threatening, illnesses.
The most striking behaviour is that of severe and persistent over-eating which, if unrestricted, leads to life-threatening obesity.
The catalyst for the request was a life-threatening illness.
Patients with severe psychiatric illnesses lived homeless on the streets and reached the emergency room with multiple chronic illnesses and sometimes life-threatening diseases.
Clinically, patients suffer from a host of seemingly unrelated maladies, from pain episodes to strokes, life-threatening infections and pulmonary hypertension.
The nervous system adapts to the intake level, and withdrawal may cause extreme suffering and in some cases may be life-threatening.
You are permanently present in life-threatening circumstances, and you have to keep imagining the situation, time, place, relationships, and character background fully.
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