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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The absence of a crisis from a disease. dated, uncountable
2. 2
   An unfavorable crisis or turn in the course of an attack of disease. dated, uncountable
3. 3
   A condition in which diagnosis and especially prognosis are uncertain. dated, uncountable

Etymology

From a- + crisis + -ia.

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