Similar words: threatening, threateningly, threaten, threatened, threat, breathe new life into, listening, chastening. Meaning: adj. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.
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(61) These infections would usually be fought off by a healthy immune system, but a low CD4 cell count means opportunistic infections such as PCP (a type of pneumonia) can be life-threatening.
(62) Follow a low-sodium diet. This can help prevent fluid buildup, a common problem in cirrhosis that can become life-threatening.
(63) There continued to be reports of extrajudicial killings, disappearances, arbitrary detention, arrests of political prisoners, harsh and life-threatening prison conditions, and torture.
(64) These days, antibiotics are a major weapon in medicine's war on disease, used to treat everything from life-threatening infections like meningitis to more run-of-the-mill ear infections.
(65) Hilar and mediastinal adenopathy can compromise regional structures such as the superior vena cava or trachea and potentially cause a life-threatening complication.
(66) For all our participants, a reaction could lead to life-threatening anaphylactic shock-but now we've got them to a point where they can safely eat up to 10 whole peanuts or more.
(67) Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) is a life-threatening disease characterized by acute renal failure (uraemia), haemolytic anaemia, and a low platelet count (thrombocytopenia).
(68) Reaction to this may be mild (as in urticaria or atopy) or life-threatening (as in anaphylaxis).
(69) Acute epiglottitis can be a life-threatening disease with a fulminant course, affecting not only adults, but children as well.
(70) And it may lead to epiglottitis (a life-threatening inflammation of the flexible cartilage that covers the gap in the vocal cords during swallowing).
(71) An Indian scientist claims to have identified two plants in the Nilgiri hills that may contain a cure for life-threatening diseases caused by Herpes Simplex Virus.
(72) Conclusion. Once seropositive mutilating-RA patients develop major spinal involvement,[Sentencedict.com ] they are likely to undergo a life-threatening stage of the disease during the next 5–10 years.
(73) The serotonin syndrome is a potentially life-threatening adverse drug reaction that results from therapeutic drug use, intentional self-poisoning, or inadvertent interactions between drugs.
(74) Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a potentially life-threatening illness caused by the protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi).
(75) Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis syndrome is an uncommon, acute, life-threatening, medication related disorder.
(76) Chronic inflammation, however, can be a problem (as in arthritis) and acute inflammation in the form of toxic shock is life-threatening.
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