*1. [[Pathology]]. The [[point]] in the [[progress]] of a [[disease]] when an important development or [[change]] takes place which is decisive of recovery or death; the turning-point of a disease for better or worse; also applied to any marked or sudden variation occurring in the progress of a disease and to the [[phenomena]] accompanying it. | *1. [[Pathology]]. The [[point]] in the [[progress]] of a [[disease]] when an important development or [[change]] takes place which is decisive of recovery or death; the turning-point of a disease for better or worse; also applied to any marked or sudden variation occurring in the progress of a disease and to the [[phenomena]] accompanying it. |