terminal stage

collocation in English

meaningsofterminalandstage

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terminal
adjective
uk
/ˈtɜː.mɪ.nəl/us
/ˈtɝː.mə.nəl/
(of a disease or illness) leading gradually ...
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stage
noun[C]
uk
/steɪdʒ/us
/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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(Definition ofterminalandstagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This line of thought suggests that the observed differences may arise from awareness of theterminalstageof the lifespan rather than from age.
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As noted above, most seeds undergo maturation drying as aterminalstagein their development.
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No attempt was made to recruit individuals in theterminalstageof illness.
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Almost half of the blastomeres underwent apoptotic cell death and the majority of them reached theterminalstageof secondary necrosis.
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They are considered therefore to be aterminalstagein the degenerative programme of apoptosis.
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They are safe and useful medications to palliate severe distress in theterminalstageof cancer when administered with a low initial dosage and adequate titration.
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The hospice team likes to be involved with the family before the child's illness reaches aterminalstage, if that is what is to be.
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They point out, as indeed is obvious, that in theterminalstageof an illness there is no question of addiction.
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The district where the disease is diagnosed may not be the patient's district of residence where he may finally be looked after in theterminalstageof his illness.
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Aterminalstageinfrared imager detects the individual target by matching its signature with a pre-loaded database of similar targets allowing for precision strike.
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The final orterminalstageis characterized by stretching spasms, akinetic mutism, hypotonic paresis, central pyrexia, and death.
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In 2004, he fell gravely ill withterminalstageliver cancer.
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Theterminalstageof anaerobic digestion is the biological process of methanogenesis.
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Theterminalstageof anaerobic biodegradation is the biological process of methanogenesis.
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Their independence, stoicism and the closeness of their families contribute to their ability to care for their own in the terminal stages of illness.
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She is in itsterminalstagewith no chance of a cure, and she wants to enjoy her last months rather than waiting for her death.
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He was at this time clearly seriously ill, weighing less than 99 pounds (45 kg), and his doctors were aware that his sickness was at aterminalstage.
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The fourth orterminalstage.
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Selye describes three stages of adaptation, including an initial brief alarm reaction, followed by a prolonged period of resistance and aterminalstageof exhaustion and death.
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It emphasizes the different developmental tasks appropriate to time phases of crisis, (early, prediagnosis, or initial adjustment period), chronic (the long haul) and terminal stages.
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