end-stage
adjective
: being or occurring in the final stages of a terminal disease or condition
end-stage renal disease
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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.
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William Cornwell, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
Dialysis can keep a person with end-stage kidney disease alive, but the process can be hard on the body and can typically sustain someone for only about five years, on average.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
At least two patients have died after transplantation, although doctors say these patients were terminal and were experiencing end-stage kidney disease.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2025
Lisa Vanderpump’s family is coping with heartbreaking news after her 28-year-old nephew was diagnosed with end-stage liver disease.
—Vivian Kwarm, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
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William Cornwell, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
Dialysis can keep a person with end-stage kidney disease alive, but the process can be hard on the body and can typically sustain someone for only about five years, on average.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
At least two patients have died after transplantation, although doctors say these patients were terminal and were experiencing end-stage kidney disease.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2025
Lisa Vanderpump’s family is coping with heartbreaking news after her 28-year-old nephew was diagnosed with end-stage liver disease.
—Vivian Kwarm, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 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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