end-of-life
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See also: end of life
Alternative forms
- end of life (especially when in substantive position, versus attributive position)
Noun
end-of-life (uncountable)
- (commerce, often attributive) Termination of the sale of or support for goods and services.
- That operating system version is approaching end-of-life.
- (medicine, often attributive) The time near death; (attributively) concerning medical care options for patients who are considered critically ill with prognosis of approaching death.
- end-of-life palliative care
- This is but one example of the hard decisions that must be made near end of life.
- Hospice provides end-of-life care for a period usually lasting a few days or a few weeks; occasionally patients recover unexpectedly.
Translations
Termination of the sale of or support for goods and services
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See also
Verb
end-of-life (third-person singular simple present end-of-lifes, present participle end-of-lifing, simple past and past participle end-of-lifed)
- (transitive) To terminate the sale of or support for (a product or service).
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