Crises

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crisis \Cri"sis\ (kr?"s?s), n.; pl. {Crises} (-s?z). [L. crisis,
     Gr. ????, fr. ???? to separate. See {Certain}.]
     1. The point of time when it is to be decided whether any
        affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or
        terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point.
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              This hour's the very crisis of your fate. --Dryden.
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              The very times of crisis for the fate of the
              country.                              --Brougham.
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     2. (Med.) That change in a disease which indicates whether
        the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a
        striking change of symptoms attended by an outward
        manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat.
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              Till some safe crisis authorize their skill.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crises
       See {crisis}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crisis
       n 1: an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they
            went bankrupt during the economic crisis"
       2: a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something;
          "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better"
       [also: {crises} (pl)]