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critical illness

critical illness noun: insurance that pays out a lump sum benefit on the diagnosis of a serious (life-threatening) illness in the life assured within the term of the policy, and nothing on death or healthy survival to the end of the term.

Noun

critical illness (uncountable)

  1. Insurance that pays out a lump sum benefit on the diagnosis of a serious (life-threatening) illness in the life assured within the term of the policy, and nothing on death or healthy survival to the end of the term.
    Synonyms:
    dread disease, living assurance, trauma insurance, serious illness insurance

Synonyms of critical illness

  • dread disease
  • living assurance
  • trauma insurance
  • serious illness insurance

Forms of critical illness

alternative formCIC

Questions about critical illness

What does critical illness mean?
Critical illness means insurance that pays out a lump sum benefit on the diagnosis of a serious (life-threatening) illness in the life assured within the term of the policy, and nothing on death or healthy survival to the end of the term.
What part of speech is critical illness?
Critical illness is a noun.

Words near critical illness in the dictionary

  1. critical exponents
  2. critical function
  3. critical functions
  4. critical hit
  5. critical hits
  6. critical illness
  7. critical incident stress management
  8. critical load
  9. critical loads
  10. critical mass
  11. critical masses

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