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terminally ill

idiom

: having a disease that cannot be cured and will cause death

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The bill would legalize giving terminally ill adult patients who have six months or less to live the option to have a doctor prescribe them a mixture of a lethal medication. CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025 Programs include residential and community-based behavioral health services, therapeutic foster care and adoption services, supportive services for homeless young adults, and long-term care for medically complex or terminally ill children. Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Nov. 2025 Liu plays Irene, a terminally ill mother who discovers her teenage son’s interest in mass shootings. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 16 Nov. 2025 My writing process always starts with an idea, something extraordinary that hits me, and this was exactly what happened when my father told me about this news article about a father taking the life of his own son because the son was terminally ill. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for terminally ill

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“Terminally ill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terminally%20ill. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.

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