critical condition; dying state
Medical or formal term for a patient's condition when death is imminent. Often used in hospital contexts or news reports.
My grandfather was in critical condition, and the family gathered at the hospital.
危篤 is a shorter noun meaning 'critical illness' or 'dying state', while 危篤状態 explicitly means 'critical condition' and is slightly more formal.
Compound of 危篤 (critical illness) and 状態 (state, condition).