衰竭 shuāijié organ failure
organ failure; exhaustion; prostration (medicine)
How to remember 衰竭: 衰 weak + 竭 to exhaust = organ failure.
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How it is used
- Medical term for organ failure / total exhaustion of function - 心力衰竭 (xīnlì shuāijié) heart failure; 肾衰竭 (shèn shuāijié) kidney failure.
- The endpoint of decline: the system has given out. Clinical register.
- 竭 = exhausted/depleted, stronger than 衰弱 (merely weak).