terminally ill

idiom

: having a disease that cannot be cured and will cause death

Examples of terminally ill in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In an indictment unsealed this week, federal prosecutors alleged the three had sought Medicare payments for patients who were not terminally ill and hadn’t been cared for at the sham hospices. Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024 In Hallelujah Square, a crowd favorite, dozens of angels are shown entering heaven, some of them inspired by the terminally ill children who had visited the chapel with their parents, and whose likenesses Mr. Butcher painted after their deaths. Penelope Green, New York Times, 1 June 2024 Five-year-long waitlist Chloe is on a state waitlist to receive needed Medicaid services through the Katie Beckett Waiver Program for medically fragile and terminally ill children, administered by the state Department of Social Services. Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2024 For the last two years, Kraus has testified in the General Assembly for the End of Life Option Act, which would allow terminally ill Marylanders to ask their physicians to prescribe them life-ending drugs. Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for terminally ill 

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“Terminally ill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terminally%20ill. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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