n 1  :  possibility of loss, injury, disease, or death <hypertension increases the of stroke>   2  :  a person considered in terms of the possible bad effects of a particular course of treatment <a poor surgical >  at risk  :  characterized by high risk or susceptibility (as to disease) <patients at risk of developing infections>  .
 
 
 
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