: being or occurring in the final stages of a terminal disease or condition
end-stage renal disease

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But those end-stage negotiations never came to fruition. Jacob J. Lew, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2025 Ultimately, cirrhosis can progress to end-stage liver disease, or liver failure. Sarah Hudgens, Health, 10 Aug. 2025 The layers are all connected by end-stage boss battles and then layers can be easily accessed through elevators that can tunnel between them. Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025 This is different from experiences providers have had with patients making Track 1 requests, as most of these patients have end-stage malignancy or organ failure and seldom have unmet health care needs. Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for end-stage

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First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of end-stage was in 1920

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“End-stage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/end-stage. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.

Medical Definition

end-stage

adjective
: being or occurring in the final stages of a terminal disease or condition
end-stage liver failure
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