terminal illness

English

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.

Translations

an illness from which there is no recovery

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絕症／绝症 (zh) (juézhèng), 終末期疾病／终末期疾病 (zhōngmòqī jíbìng), 末期疾病 (mòqī jíbìng)

• Finnish: parantumaton sairaus, kuolemaan johtava sairaus
• Maori: mate tuamatangi