crisis
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
crisis/ˈkrʌɪsɪs/
▶noun (pl. crises)
- 1 a time of intense difficulty or danger.
- 2 the turning point of a disease when an important change takes place, indicating either recovery or death.
– origin ME: medical L., from Gk krisis ‘decision’, from krinein ‘decide’.
'crisis' also found in these Oxford entries:
acute
- brink
- critical
- de-escalate
- head
- male menopause
- midlife crisis
- moment
- stagger
- step
- unflappable
