HyperDic: catastrophic_illness

English > 1 sense of the expression *catastrophic illness*:
NOUN	state	catastrophic illness	severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization / hospitalization or recovery

English > *catastrophic illness*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization / hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals / hospitals and doctors and medicines.
Broader	illness, unwellness, malady, sickness	impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism