• High-risk

    Origin

    From high + risk.

    Full definition of high-risk

    Adjective

    high-risk

    1. Having a great risk.
      • 2007 March 30, Jene from Boston (caller), “Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines”, Talk of the Nation Science Friday, Ira Flatow (host), National Public Radio http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/Mar/hour1_033007.htmlI don't consider myself high-risk anymore except that I did have cancer, so, one of the things we don't hear talked about a lot is how do you judge your high-riskness. If you have had cancer, where do you fit in? How do you make those decisions...?
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