end-stage

Near the conclusion

End-stage describes the final phase of a progressive disease or condition, when deterioration is irreversible and death approaches without intervention: end-stage renal failure, end-stage cancer.

The term appears almost exclusively in medical contexts, often determining eligibility for transplants or hospice care.

Figuratively, it can describe any process nearing collapse: end-stage capitalism.

medical

terminal

At the endpoint

dialysis · hospice · prognosis · palliative · organ · liver · cancer · kidney · cirrhosis · transplant

collapse

decline

Decrease or refuse

failure · crisis · meltdown · implosion · unraveling · demise · decay · ruin · downfall · dissolution

process

final

Last and decisive

termination · closing · ultimate · last · finishing · endpoint · climax · denouement · resolution · sunset

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disease progression/medical timeline

end-stageearly-stage

At the outset

early · onset · incipient · prodromal · preclinical

process/lifecycle phase

end-stageinitial

Name's opening letter

early-stage · starting · nascent · incipient · embryonic

Family

end, stage, ends, ended, ending, endings, ender, endless, endlessly

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