life-threatening condition

collocation in English

meaningsoflife-threateningandcondition

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life-threatening
adjective
uk
/ˈlaɪfˌθret.ən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈlaɪfˌθret.ən.ɪŋ/
A life-threatening disease is a very serious one that can ...
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condition
noun
uk
/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/us
/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/
the particular state that something or someone ...
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(Definition oflife-threateningandconditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the lungs) can be alife-threateningcondition.
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They fear alife-threateningcondition.
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In its severe, complicated form, the disease can progress rapidly, by autoinfection, into a disseminatedlife-threateningcondition.
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Dental decay is not alife-threateningcondition.
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It is not alife-threateningcondition.
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Pregnancy remains alife-threateningconditionfor millions of women in poor countries.
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They are in need of urgent attention and have a deteriorating or alife-threateningcondition.
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It is always tragic when a child develops alife-threateningconditionsuch as renal failure.
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He had alife-threateningconditionand had not seen a doctor.
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Ketoacidosis is alife-threateningconditionwhich needs immediate treatment.
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This is alife-threateningconditionrequiring immediate surgery.
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While isolation of the right subclavian artery is not in itself an immediatelife-threateningcondition, its presence may impact on the management of associated cardiac anomalies.
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Adrenal insufficiency is a potentiallylife-threateningcondition.
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Brain abscess is a rare,life-threateningcondition.
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However, the criteria for admission under this category is for seriously ill patients who have alife-threateningconditionetc.
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Investigative surgery, even where there is strong suspicion of thelife-threateningcondition, will not take place.
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Instead, he is living with alife-threateningcondition, but believes he is a lucky man to be still alive.
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Therefore, its removal eliminates the risk of subsequent progression into alife-threateningcondition.
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This milk-induced allergic reaction can involve anaphylaxis, a potentiallylife-threateningcondition.
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Sudden withdrawal may also induce the potentiallylife-threateningcondition, status epilepticus.
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The insurance company refused to pay out on her policy because, it said, she had alife-threateningconditionwhich she had failed to declare.
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For people waiting month after month for an operation to alleviate a painful or evenlife-threateningcondition, it is a daily reality.
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