end-stage
adjective
: being or occurring in the final stages of a terminal disease or condition
end-stage renal disease
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The end-stage is known as a rocker-bottom foot due to the shape of the feet appearing like a rocking chair.
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Isabel Casimiro, Verywell Health, 22 May 2025
Richard had been discharged from the US Coast Guard after being diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease, and his identical twin brother, Ronald, was a willing donor.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
The gold standard treatment for end-stage kidney disease is a transplant from a living donor, which can last its recipient up to twice as long as one from a deceased source.
—Steven Levitt, Boston Herald, 6 May 2025
But hospice is far more routinely offered for cancer, end-stage COPD, or heart failure, while dementia — despite being just as terminal — is left out.
—Dr. Sabooh Mubbashar, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
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Isabel Casimiro, Verywell Health, 22 May 2025
Richard had been discharged from the US Coast Guard after being diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease, and his identical twin brother, Ronald, was a willing donor.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
The gold standard treatment for end-stage kidney disease is a transplant from a living donor, which can last its recipient up to twice as long as one from a deceased source.
—Steven Levitt, Boston Herald, 6 May 2025
But hospice is far more routinely offered for cancer, end-stage COPD, or heart failure, while dementia — despite being just as terminal — is left out.
—Dr. Sabooh Mubbashar, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
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end-stage
adjective
: being or occurring in the final stages of a terminal disease or condition
end-stage liver failure
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