stage 5

Last disease progression

Stage 5 typically refers to the most advanced or severe phase in a progressive classification system.

In medical contexts, stage 5 often indicates terminal illness, as in stage 5 cancer or stage 5 kidney disease.

The phrase has spread to humorous or hyperbolic use describing extreme attachment or obsession: stage 5 clinger describes someone excessively needy in a relationship.

Related

anger · bargaining · depression · acceptance · cancer · advanced · last · endgame · countdown · progression · metastatic · critical · phase · level · video game · boss · ultimate · climax

Categories
Opposites
disease progression severity

stage 5stage 1

Raised theatrical platform

early stage · early detection · stage 2 · mild · preclinical

temporal progression in a sequence

stage 5stage 1

Raised theatrical platform

first stage · beginning · phase 1 · starting point · inception

detectability/intervention timing

stage 5early detection

Finding something at onset

early diagnosis

Phrases
Family

stage, stages, staged, stager, stagey

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG