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a terminal patient

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  • terminal patient — one who cannot be cured of his illness, one who is sick with an illness that has no cure as of yet …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Terminal illness — is a medical term popularized in the 20th century to describe an active and malignant disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and that is reasonably expected to result in the death of the patient. This term is more commonly used for… …   Wikipedia

  • terminal — [[t]tɜ͟ː(r)mɪn(ə)l[/t]] terminals 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n A terminal illness or disease causes death, often slowly, and cannot be cured. ...terminal cancer. ...his illness was terminal. Derived words: terminally ADV ADV adj The patient is terminally… …   English dictionary

  • terminal — I. adjective Etymology: Latin terminalis, from terminus Date: 1744 1. a. of or relating to an end, extremity, boundary, or terminus < a terminal pillar > b. growing at the end of a branch or stem < a terminal bud > 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • terminal — ter|mi|nal1 [ tɜrmınl ] noun count ** 1. ) a large building where train, boat, or bus services start and finish a ) a large building at an airport where passengers arrive and leave 2. ) a computer screen and a keyboard connected to a computer… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • terminal — I UK [ˈtɜː(r)mɪn(ə)l] / US [ˈtɜrmɪn(ə)l] noun [countable] Word forms terminal : singular terminal plural terminals ** 1) a) a large building where train, boat, or bus services start and finish b) a large building at an airport where passengers… …   English dictionary

  • terminal — 1. Relating to the end; final. 2. Relating to the extremity or end of any body; e.g., the end of a biopolymer. 3. A termination, extremity, end, or ending. [L. terminus, a boundary, limit] amino t. amino t.. axon terminals the somewhat enlarged,… …   Medical dictionary

  • Terminal sedation — (also known as palliative sedation, or sedation for intractable distress in the dying/of a dying patient) is the practice of relieving distress in a terminally ill person in the last hours or days of a patient s life, usually by means of a… …   Wikipedia

  • Terminal cleaning — describes a cleaning method used in healthcare environments to control the spread of infections. Justification Nosocomial infections claim approximately 90,000 lives in the United States annually. When patients are hospitalized and identified as… …   Wikipedia

  • terminal — adj. & n. adj. 1 a (of a disease) ending in death, fatal. b (of a patient) in the last stage of a fatal disease. c (of a morbid condition) forming the last stage of a fatal disease. d colloq. ruinous, disastrous, very great (terminal laziness). 2 …   Useful english dictionary

  • terminal — adjective 1》 forming or situated at the end of something.     ↘of or forming a transport terminal. 2》 (of a disease) predicted to lead to death.     ↘having or relating to a terminal disease. 3》 informal extreme and irreversible. 4》 done or… …   English new terms dictionary

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