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.

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Meanings

nouncritical illness (uncountable)

alternative CIC

  1. uncountablebusinessInsurance 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 & antonyms

nounInsurance 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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dread diseaseliving assurancetrauma insuranceserious illness insurance
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critical illness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/critical%20illness

MLA

“critical illness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/critical%20illness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “critical illness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/critical%20illness.

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