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Pronunciation / Transliteration: widokhan sangtae
"환자는 현재 위독한 상태로 중환자실에 있습니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A medical status in which a patient's vital signs are unstable, indicators are unfavorable, and there are strong indications of imminent danger to life.
"Following the severe car accident, the injured driver was admitted to the intensive care unit in critical condition." - 2
A state or situation involving extreme danger, crisis, or decisive vulnerability that requires immediate intervention.
"The failing negotiations reached a critical condition that threatened to collapse the entire economic agreement."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'critical', derived from the Ancient Greek 'kritikos' (able to make judgments) via Latin 'criticus', and 'condition', originating from the Latin 'conditio' (agreement, stipulation). By the 19th and 20th centuries, the pairing evolved within medical terminology to designate a state of acute illness where vital signs are unstable and life is immediately threatened.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Critical condition" is said worldwide
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état critique
Transliteration: e-ta kʁi-tik
"Le patient a été admis à l'hôpital dans un état critique."
kritischer Zustand
Transliteration: kʁɪtɪʃɐ ʦʊʃtant
"Der Verletzte befindet sich in einem kritischen Zustand."
condizioni critiche
Transliteration: kondiˈtsjoːni ˈkrititʃe
"Il ferito è ricoverato in condizioni critiche."
estado crítico
Transliteration: esˈtaðo ˈkɾitiko
"El herido fue trasladado al hospital en estado crítico."
estado crítico
Transliteration: iʃˈtadu ˈkɾitiku
"O paciente continua internado em estado crítico."
गंभीर स्थिति
Transliteration: gambheer sthiti
"दुर्घटना के बाद मरीज को गंभीर स्थिति में अस्पताल में भर्ती कराया गया।"
危急情况
Transliteration: wéijí qíngkuàng
"受伤人员目前处于危急情况，正在抢救中。"
위독한 상태
Transliteration: widokhan sangtae
"환자는 현재 위독한 상태로 중환자실에 있습니다."
危篤状態
Transliteration: kitoku joutai
"患者は事故により危篤状態で搬送されました。"
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