terminally ill en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having an incurable condition that will lead to death.
In January snows, No. 349 rolls the 'Patriot' through Groton, Connecticut, with quite a lengthy consist - showing at least some signs of increased patronage for the, once almost terminally ill, passenger train.
1985, Rodger Bradley, Amtrak: The US National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Blandford Press, page 169, photo caption:
Translations (6)
ro bolnav de moarte (having an incurable condition that will lead to death) · es enfermo terminal (having an incurable condition that will lead to death) · fi kuolemansairas (having an incurable condition that will lead to death) · es desahuciado (having an incurable condition that will lead to death) · de todkrank (having an incurable condition that will lead to death) · pl nieuleczalnie chory (having an incurable condition that will lead to death)