危き篤とく状じょう態たい

noun

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.

• 祖そ父ふは危き篤とく状じょう態たいで、家か族ぞくが病びょう院いんに集あつまった。

  My grandfather was in critical condition, and the family gathered at the hospital.