Noun
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terminal illness (plural terminal illnesses)
(pathology) An illness that is normally incurable and that a terminally ill person would not be expected to recover from.
I had, in my legal practice, often encountered really shocking examples of the devastating impact of the costs of long-term medical care on meagre incomes. And, just before I was elected, I had my own personal experience in paying very considerable bills for my mother's terminal illness. Judy LaMarsh
I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their own life, and those that help them should be free from prosecution. Stephen Hawking
If I learnt anything at all about terminal illness in my research, it's that the experience is different for everyone. I do believe that life becomes concentrated when it's boundaried and that death is the biggest boundary of all. Jenny Downham