end-stage
adjective
: being or occurring in the final stages of a terminal disease or condition
end-stage renal disease
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But only the sickest of the sick are listed; just 1 in 8 patients with end-stage renal disease are on the waitlist.
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Nadia Kounang, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
The hepatitis B virus causes more than a million deaths worldwide each year from end-stage liver failure, cirrhosis, and liver cancer.
—Emilie G.c. Thompson, STAT, 15 Jan. 2026
Robb Layne volunteered as a living organ donor to help Doris Pittell, who, at 79 years old, was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease.
—Kelsie Hoffman, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Despite the use of medications to treat dilated, weak hearts, some patients suffer from continued weakening of the heart muscle and progress to end-stage, or advanced, heart failure.
—William Cornwell, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
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Nadia Kounang, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
The hepatitis B virus causes more than a million deaths worldwide each year from end-stage liver failure, cirrhosis, and liver cancer.
—Emilie G.c. Thompson, STAT, 15 Jan. 2026
Robb Layne volunteered as a living organ donor to help Doris Pittell, who, at 79 years old, was diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease.
—Kelsie Hoffman, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Despite the use of medications to treat dilated, weak hearts, some patients suffer from continued weakening of the heart muscle and progress to end-stage, or advanced, heart failure.
—William Cornwell, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 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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