end-stage
adjective
: being or occurring in the final stages of a terminal disease or condition
end-stage renal disease
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Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in Concord, N.H., has end-stage kidney disease and had been on dialysis for more than two years to compensate for his failing kidney function.
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Alice Park, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
The company expects to perform the first of six initial transplants in people with end-stage kidney disease in the middle of 2025, with the intent of expanding the trial to a total of 50 patients.
—Nadia Kounang, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Andrews, of Concord, N.H., has end-stage kidney disease.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
United Therapeutics, a public company based in Silver Spring, Maryland, plans to test its pig kidneys first in six patients with end-stage kidney disease and then in as many as 50.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
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Alice Park, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
The company expects to perform the first of six initial transplants in people with end-stage kidney disease in the middle of 2025, with the intent of expanding the trial to a total of 50 patients.
—Nadia Kounang, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Andrews, of Concord, N.H., has end-stage kidney disease.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
United Therapeutics, a public company based in Silver Spring, Maryland, plans to test its pig kidneys first in six patients with end-stage kidney disease and then in as many as 50.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
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end-stage
adjective
: being or occurring in the final stages of a terminal disease or condition
end-stage liver failure
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