危重 (wēi chóng) — (of a patient's condition) critical, grave; life-threatening
Definition
A medical term meaning a patient's condition is critical and life-threatening, usually used in clinical settings like ICU. Almost always modifies patients (患者), conditions (病情), or illnesses.
verb
(of a patient's condition) criticalgravelife-threatening
Examples
- 危重，。Nà ge bìng rén de bìng qíng shí fēn wēi chóng, yǐ jīng bèi sòng jìn zhòng zhèng jiān hù shì.That patient's condition is critical and has been transferred to the ICU.
- 危重。Yī shēng zhèng zài quán lì qiǎng jiù zhè wèi wēi chóng huàn zhě.Doctors are doing everything they can to save this critically ill patient.
- ，危重。Jīng guò yí yè de qiǎng jiù, tā de wēi chóng zhuàng tài zhōng yú wěn dìng xià lái.After a night of rescue efforts, his critical condition finally stabilized.
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