terminal illness
[ tur-muh-nl il-nis ]
noun
a disease or condition that cannot be cured and will almost certainly lead to death.
Origin of terminal illness
1First recorded in 1860–65
- Sometimes life-lim·it·ing ill·ness [lahyf-lim-i-ting il-nis], /ˈlaɪfˈlɪm ɪ tɪŋ ˈɪl nɪs/, end-stage dis·ease [end-steyj di-zeez] /ˈɛndˌsteɪdʒ dɪˈziz/ .
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How to use terminal illness in a sentence
Someone without a terminal illness can go through years and years of terrible suffering.
U.K. Courts Grant Mother Right to End Her 12-Year-Old Disabled Daughter’s Life | Elizabeth Picciuto | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Someone with a terminal illness will die soon anyway,” he said.
U.K. Courts Grant Mother Right to End Her 12-Year-Old Disabled Daughter’s Life | Elizabeth Picciuto | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPerhaps more than anything, what people fear most—aside from the pain of a terminal illness—is the loss of control.
On Her Own Terms: Why Brittany Maynard Has Chosen to Die | Gene Robinson | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey should not be given such a means of ending their lives without a medically-diagnosed terminal illness.
On Her Own Terms: Why Brittany Maynard Has Chosen to Die | Gene Robinson | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe American public is more or less evenly split on the question of physician-assisted death in the case of terminal illness.
The Beautiful Newlywed Who Made the Right Change Its Mind on Physician-Assisted Death | Samantha Allen | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
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