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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

critical illness

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
crit-i-cal ill-ness
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

CIC (alternative)

Synonyms

dread disease living assurance trauma insurance serious illness insurance

Questions

What does critical illness mean?
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.

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