"terminal illness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: terminal illnesses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} terminal illness (plural terminal illnesses)
  1. (pathology) An illness that is normally incurable and that a terminally ill person would not be expected to recover from. Wikipedia link: en:terminal illness Categories (topical): Pathology Translations (an illness from which there is no recovery): 絕症 (Chinese Mandarin), 绝症 (juézhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 終末期疾病 (Chinese Mandarin), 终末期疾病 (zhōngmòqī jíbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 末期疾病 (mòqī jíbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), parantumaton sairaus (Finnish), kuolemaan johtava sairaus (Finnish), mate tuamatangi (Maori)
    Sense id: en-terminal_illness-en-noun-nuyVhLRd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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