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

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Pacheco was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease not long after arriving in Chicago seeking asylum in July 2022. Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025 Pacheco, 37, sought treatment at a local hospital and was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, or kidney failure, Siegel said. Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025 González, 43, arrived in the United States from Venezuela last year to reunite with his brother, who was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, or kidney failure, in December 2023. Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 31 Mar. 2025 People on Dialysis Dialysis, which takes over the kidneys' functions of filtering wastes and fluids, cleaning the blood of people with end-stage kidney disease, can remove protective HBV antibodies along with the waste. James Myhre & Dennis Sifris, Md, Verywell Health, 25 Mar. 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 22 Apr. 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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