The late, fully developed phase of a disease; e.g., in end-stage renal disease, a shrunken and scarred kidney that may result from a variety of chronic diseases that have become indistinguishable in their effect on the kidney. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. the late, fully developed phase of a disease; in end-stage renal disease, a shrunken and scarred kidney that may result from various chronic diseases that have become indistinguishable in their effect on the kidney.
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End stage: The last phase in the course of a progressive disease. As in end-stage liver disease, end-stage lung disease, end-stage renal disease, end-stage cancer, etc. The term 'end stage' has come to replace 'terminal' because somehow 'end stage' seems more scientific and less despairing than 'terminal.' The only 'stage' past 'end stage' is usual...
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