(medicine) An acute exacerbation of asthma which does not respond to standard treatments of bronchodilators and steroids.

(medicine) A serious and potentially life-threatening condition in which an epileptic seizure becomes prolonged or multiple seizures occur successively without regaining of functions interictally.

(medicine and nursing, colloquial, derogatory) The supposed illness affecting a patient who behaves in an overdramatic manner to seek attention or complain about their symptoms.

(UK, dated, of youth) A status of having no employment and not in any educational or training programme.

Alternative form of status zer0 / (of emergency dispatchers) A status of having no available emergency vehicles or personnel to handle incoming calls. / (New Zealand) Death.

Alternative form of status zer0

Synonym of living statue

(England, education) In the state of pupilage; subject to the rules of a college or university as they apply to junior members.

Alternative form of in statu nascendi.

Nascent; emerging but not yet fully formed.