Critical or Critically may refer to:
*Critical, or critical but stable,
medical state
Medical state is a term used to describe a hospital patient's health status, or condition. The term is most commonly used in information given to the news media, and is rarely used as a clinical description by physicians.
Two aspects of the patie ...
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intensive care medicine
Intensive care medicine, also called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening. It includes pro ...
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Critical juncture
Critical juncture theory focuses on critical junctures, i.e., large, rapid, discontinuous changes, and the long-term causal effect or historical legacy of these changes.
Critical junctures are turning points that alter the course of evolution of ...
, a discontinuous change studied in the social sciences.
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Critical Software
Critical Software is a Portuguese international information systems and software company, headquartered in Coimbra. The company was established in 1998, from the University of Coimbra's business incubator and technology transfer centre, Instituto ...
, a company specializing in mission and business critical information systems
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Critical theory
A critical theory is any approach to social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to reveal, critique and challenge power structures. With roots in sociology and literary criticism, it argues that social problems stem more from s ...
, a school of thought that critiques society and culture by applying knowledge from the social sciences and the humanities
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Critically endangered, a risk status for wild species
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Criticality (status)
In the operation of a nuclear reactor, criticality is the state in which a nuclear chain reaction is self-sustaining—that is, when reactivity is zero. In supercritical states, reactivity is greater than zero.
Applications
Criticality is the n ...
, the condition of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction
Art, entertainment, and media
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''Critical'' (novel), a medical thriller written by Robin Cook
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''Critical'' (TV series), a Sky 1 TV series
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"Critical" (''Person of Interest''), an episo