terminal illness

English

Noun

terminal illness (plural terminal illnesses)

(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

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