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crisis
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(krī′sis )
(krī′sēz″)
pl. crises [Gr. krisis, turning point]
1. The turning point of a disease.
2. The sudden descent of a high temperature to normal or below.
3. A sudden painful experience.
4. An unstable period in a person's life in which coping skills are severely challenged.
SEE: crisis intervention
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Crisis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745962/all/adrenal_crisis.
Crisis. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745962/all/adrenal_crisis. Accessed December 9, 2019.
Crisis. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745962/all/adrenal_crisis
Crisis [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 December 09]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745962/all/adrenal_crisis.
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