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LIFE-THREATENING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
Example:
a life-threatening disease
Synonyms:
dangerous; grave; grievous; life-threatening; serious; severe
Classified under:
Similar:
critical (being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency)
Context examples:
Most patients experience a mild to moderate reaction; however, the reaction may be severe and life-threatening.
(Cytokine Release Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
However, the infection may be life-threatening in affected immunocompromised patients.
(Cytomegaloviral Infection, NCI Thesaurus)
If it grows large enough, it can press against the brain, becoming life-threatening.
(Acoustic Neuroma, NIH: National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders)
Degenerative nerve diseases can be serious or life-threatening.
(Degenerative Nerve Diseases, NIH)
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition in which the body launches a massive immune response to an infection.
(Drug might help treat sepsis, NIH)
A rare, life-threatening disorder usually appearing during the first few months of life.
(Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)
The loss of beneficial bacteria increases the risk of certain life-threatening infectious diseases and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD).
(Fecal microbiota transplantation helps restore beneficial bacteria in cancer patients, National Institutes of Health)
More than half of prostate cancers stay within the gland and don’t become life-threatening.
(Biomarker Signatures of Prostate Cancer, NIH)
Relief of symptoms and suffering caused by cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
(Palliation, NCI Dictionary)
Treatment given to relieve the symptoms and reduce the suffering caused by cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
(Palliative therapy, NCI Dictionary)
