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serious condition; critical condition
患者は重態で集中治療室に運ばれた。
The patient was in critical condition and taken to the ICU.
事故の後彼は重態だったが回復した。
He was in critical condition after the accident but recovered.
重態の知らせを受けて家族が駆けつけた。
The family rushed over after receiving news of the critical condition.