terminal disease

collocation in English

meaningsofterminalanddisease

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terminal
adjective
uk
/ˈtɜː.mɪ.nəl/us
/ˈtɝː.mə.nəl/
(of a disease or illness) leading gradually ...
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disease
noun
uk
/dɪˈziːz/us
/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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(Definition ofterminalanddiseasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The patient has a devastating,terminaldisease, and his condition has clearly been deteriorating.
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Potential transplant candidates do not differ from other patients faced with the reality of aterminaldisease.
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Whether we are 17 or 70, in perfect health or suffering from aterminaldiseasewe each have the rest of our lives to lead.
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It's a bit like a patient with a probablyterminaldiseasedeciding to take a chance on an untested but promising new drug.
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If one does not want to die from foreseeable asphyxia in the final stages of aterminaldisease, one's meritorious dignity should not be thus tested.
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The pace continues to accelerate with the passage of time, and the span between the onset of a life-threatening orterminaldiseaseand death has increased.
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There is a solution, a cure to this nearterminaldisease.
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He now suffers from a disabling and possiblyterminaldisease, and is almost blind with cataracts.
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During those discussions, did he see any traces of theterminaldiseasecalled creeping integration?
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Before sedation is prescribed and initiated for control of refractory symptoms or those that include aterminaldiseasewith impending death, all other types of palliative treatment should be exhausted.
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Such advances and understanding of the workings of pain have given an increased quality of life to many as they live with aterminaldisease.
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He also mentored youths who faced similar physical challenges and befriended those who facedterminaldisease.
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It is also allowed in cases ofterminaldiseaseor great disability.
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It is allowed only in cases of impending death due to old age orterminaldisease.
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Subjects who were chosen for the experiment had been diagnosed with aterminaldisease.
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Terminal care support teams aim to provide the optimal relief of the distressing aspects ofterminaldisease, whether those aspects are physical, social, psychological or spiritual.
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We are obliged to conjure up in our minds the sight of people, probably aged, suffering from aterminaldisease, or suffering acute ravages of agony.
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Much later, in order to cure aterminaldisease, he creates a clone of himself which he merges with.
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Recent news that one of our close friends has been diagnosed with what could be aterminaldisease4.
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It was revealed that she was suffering from aterminaldiseaseafter working in a dangerous mining planet years ago.
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She seems to have a perfect life, until she finds out that her father has aterminaldisease.
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She is suffering from aterminaldiseasebut it never shows in her attitude as she is always very positive.
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But then she was diagnosed with aterminaldiseasewhich would cause her to lose her memory and then die.
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I am well aware that a sympathetic practitioner will not give the full details of an embarassing orterminaldiseaseto an employer, but not all doctors are necessarily sympathetic.
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