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Definition of Exigency

1. Noun. A pressing or urgent situation. "The health-care exigency"

2. Noun. A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action. "He never knew what to do in an emergency"

Definition of Exigency

1. n. The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency.

Definition of Exigency

1. urgency [n -CIES] - See also: urgency

Medical Definition of Exigency

1. Origin: LL. Exigentia: cf. F. Exigence. The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. "The present exigency of his affairs." Synonym: Demand, urgency, distress, pressure, emergency, necessity, crisis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exigency

exhumates exhumation exhumations exhume exhumed exhumer exhumers exhumes exhuming exies

exigeant exigence exigences exigencies exigency (current term) exigency (current term) exigent exigently exigents exigible

exiguities exiguity exiguous exiguously exiguousness exiguousnesses exilable exile exiled exiler

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