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Free sign upThe phrase "terminal case" is correct and usable in written English
It is usually used in the context of a medical condition that is considered to be incurable and fatal. For example: "The doctors have declared her cancer a terminal case and they can do nothing to stop its progress."
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On Tuesday, he goes to Lenox Hill Hospital to visit a terminal case, who yells at him.
The infection of healthy capitalism with a terminal case of greed?
Isn't it enough that the poor flowers are now suffering from a possibly terminal case of downy mildew?
It seems that Joe Lieberman, a US senator who suffers from a terminal case of hubris, harassed the company over the matter.
Another extraordinary photograph, of an empty hearse parked on a street of grimy terrace houses, seems to say it all: postwar Britain is a terminal case.
But he has appealed the conviction and has sought early release to return to Libya because he has a terminal case of prostate cancer.
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And we're all terminal cases.
The sentence was "In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases".
"We are the terminal cases now, is what we tell ourselves.
A few terminal cases were still coughing their last in odd corners.
In terminal cases, two doctors need to confirm that the patient's suffering stems from an incurable illness.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com