life-threatening

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life-threatening

A patient receives treatment for a life-threatening condition in the hospital.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Potentially fatal; capable of causing death: Describes a condition, situation, or illness that poses a very high risk of death if not treated or resolved.
    • Extremely serious or dangerous: Indicates a severe level of danger that jeopardizes survival or fundamental well-being.
Usage
  • The adjective "life-threatening" is used to modify nouns, typically medical conditions, injuries, or situations. It emphasizes extreme severity and imminent risk to life.
  • It is often used in medical, emergency, and formal contexts to convey urgency.
Examples
  • Medical Context:
    • The patient was admitted with a life-threatening allergic reaction.
    • A blood clot can become a life-threatening emergency if it travels to the lungs.
  • General/Dangerous Situation:
    • The hurricane created life-threatening conditions along the coast.
    • Driving under the influence is a life-threatening behavior.
Advanced Usage
  • "life-threateningly" (adverb): In a manner that threatens life. (Note: This is a derived form, not the target word itself).
    • The patient's condition deteriorated life-threateningly fast.
  • Used in formal warnings or advisories:
    • The National Weather Service has issued a life-threatening heat warning.
Variants and Related Words
  • Life-endangering (adj): Similar in meaning, posing a risk to life.
  • Critical (adj): Of the utmost importance; at a point of crisis. (In medicine, often similar to "life-threatening" but can sometimes imply a slightly less immediate timeframe).
  • Mortal (adj): Causing or liable to cause death; fatal. (Often used for wounds or dangers).
Synonyms
  • Fatal: Certain to cause death.
  • Deadly: Likely to cause death.
  • Perilous: Full of danger or risk.
  • Grave: Serious or solemn; giving cause for alarm.
Antonyms
  • Harmless: Not able or likely to cause harm.
  • Benign: Gentle and kindly; (in medicine) not harmful in effect.
  • Minor: Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.
Related Phrases
  • Life-or-death situation: A circumstance where the outcome is either survival or death.
    • The surgeons faced a life-or-death decision in the operating room.
  • At risk of life: In danger of dying.
    • The firefighters put their lives at risk.
life-threatening

A patient receives treatment for a life-threatening condition in the hospital.

Adjective
  1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
    • a dangerous operation
    • a grave situation
    • a grave illness
    • grievous bodily harm
    • a serious wound
    • a serious turn of events
    • a severe case of pneumonia
    • a life-threatening disease

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