n. | 1. | The point of time when it is to be decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point. |
2. | (Med.) That change in a disease which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change of symptoms attended by an outward manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat. |
Noun | 1. | crisis - an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis" |
2. | crisis - a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better" |