The phrase "a severe and possibly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation or condition that is serious and has the potential for further implications or consequences.
Example: "The patient is experiencing a severe and possibly life-threatening reaction to the medication."
Alternatives: "a serious and potentially" or "a critical and maybe".
The risk of a severe and possibly fatal infection is highest in newborns, adults over 50 and anyone with compromised immunity, including people with cancer, H.I.V. or a transplanted organ, and those missing the spleen.
The finding, reported in today's issue of Science, is significant because tests of Dolly, the cloned sheep, had shown that the tips of her chromosomes, known as telomeres, were unusually short, suggesting a severe and possibly life-shortening drawback in the cloning process.
At the famous institution, I surmised, the deficiencies in his preparation would surely place him at a severe, and possibly insurmountable, disadvantage.
Too much caffeine mixed with too much alcohol can lead to a severe, and possibly fatal, increase in heartbeat.
The authors then focused on cases within the CONVERGE consortium diagnosed with melancholia, a more severe and possibly more heritable subtype of MDD.
So why was the recession of 1990-91 merely an average U.S. recession, while the 2007-09 slump was severe and possibly a prelude to a double dip?
A "poor" rating means severe and possibly fatal trauma happened to drivers and/or passengers during the crash, while a "good" rating means little to no trauma occurred.
Ratings for each region are based on specific parameters: For instance, a "poor" rating means severe and possibly fatal trauma happened to drivers and/or passengers during the crash; a "good" rating means little to no trauma occurred.
It faces an economic time bomb, which, if not defused, will have severe and possibly irreversible effects both nationally and internationally.
"If the board members knew what was happening, that is clearly severe – and possibly criminal – malpractice.
And about 3percentt of the patients who received ImClone's drug experienced severe and possibly life-threatening allergic reactions.
