See Also: Crisis(money)
crisis(dictionary)
crisis(medicine)
Oil crisis(finance)
crisis(dictionary)
Crisis Management(money)
thyrotoxic crisis(medicine)
therapeutic crisis(medicine)
tabetic crisis(medicine)
ocular crisis(medicine)

crisis (iou)



crisis noun. , (rare) crisises. LME.
[Medical Latin from Greek krisis decision, judgement, event, issue, turning-point of a disease, from krinein decide.]
The turning-point of a disease. LME.
Astrology. A conjunction of the planets determining the issue of a disease or a critical point in the course of events. L16-M17.
gen. A turning-point, a vitally important or decisive stage; a time of trouble, danger, or suspense in politics, commerce, etc., or in personal life. E17.
mid-life crisis: see MID-LIFE adjective.
J. Galsworthy When his son-in-law..had that financial crisis, due to speculation in Oil Shares, James made himself ill worrying over it. E. Roosevelt The threat of war was just over the horizon and no one else had the prestige and the knowledge to carry on through a crisis. M. Holroyd She coped with crises ranging from burst hot-water bottles to outbreaks of measles. J. Critchley What the alienists call 'a crisis of identity'.
A judgement, a decision. E17-E18.
A criterion; a token. E-M17.
Comb.: crisis management the action or practice of taking managerial action only when a crisis has developed.