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terminal 1, adjective (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: terminalis, from terminus; TERM1]
a terminal illness cannot be cured, and causes death
::terminal cancer
(in) terminal decline
BrE in a state of becoming worse and worse and never getting better
::The once great industry is now in terminal decline.
-- terminally adv
::terminally ill patients