Terminal illness is a medical term popularized in the early century to describe an active and malignant disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and that is reasonably expected to result in the final end of the patient.
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| - Terminal illness is a medical term popularized in the early century to describe an active and malignant disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and that is reasonably expected to result in the final end of the patient.
- Terminal illness is a medical term that describes a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and that is reasonably expected to result in the death of the patient within a short period of time. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as cancer or advanced heart disease than for physical trauma. This article is a , please help House Wikia by expanding it.
- A terminal illness was an incurable disease that ended with the death of the patient. In 2364, Jean-Luc Picard described the Aldean civilization as being terminally ill, as they were incapable of reproducing. (TNG: "When The Bough Breaks" ) In 2368, Picard asked William T. Riker whether he would see death as a release if he was facing a terminal, incurable illness (TNG: "Ethics" ) Later that year, Deanna Troi compared Data's finding his own severed head to discovering that a loved one had a terminal illness. (TNG: "Time's Arrow" )
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| - Terminal illness is a medical term popularized in the early century to describe an active and malignant disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and that is reasonably expected to result in the final end of the patient.
- Terminal illness is a medical term that describes a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and that is reasonably expected to result in the death of the patient within a short period of time. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as cancer or advanced heart disease than for physical trauma. This article is a , please help House Wikia by expanding it.
- A terminal illness was an incurable disease that ended with the death of the patient. In 2364, Jean-Luc Picard described the Aldean civilization as being terminally ill, as they were incapable of reproducing. (TNG: "When The Bough Breaks" ) In 2368, Picard asked William T. Riker whether he would see death as a release if he was facing a terminal, incurable illness (TNG: "Ethics" ) Later that year, Deanna Troi compared Data's finding his own severed head to discovering that a loved one had a terminal illness. (TNG: "Time's Arrow" ) Acute anxiety could result upon one's diagnosis with a terminal illness. In 2376, The Doctor described Lewis Zimmerman as suffering from anxiety related to his terminal illness. (VOY: "Life Line")
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