end-of-life

See also: end of life

English

Alternative forms

• end of life (especially when in substantive position, versus attributive position)

Noun

end-of-life (uncountable)

1. (commerce, often attributive) Termination of the sale of or support for goods and services.

   That operating system version is approaching end-of-life.

2. (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

• Portuguese: fim de vida m, fim do serviço m

See also

• system pull

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)

1. (transitive) To terminate the sale of or support for (a product or service).