末期症状

まっきしょうじょう
noun
terminal symptoms; signs of a final, hopeless stage
medicalhealth
1. terminal symptoms; signs of a hopeless final stage
Literally the symptoms of the terminal stage of an illness. Very often used figuratively for an organization or situation in irreversible decline.
末期症状(まっきしょうじょう)が現(あらわ)れる。
for terminal symptoms to appear.
患者(かんじゃ)に末期症状(まっきしょうじょう)が見(み)られた。
Terminal symptoms were observed in the patient.
社員(しゃいん)が次々(つぎつぎ)に辞(や)めていくこの会社(かいしゃ)は、もはや末期症状(まっきしょうじょう)だ。
With employees quitting one after another, this company is already in its death throes.

Literal in medicine, but the figurative use for a failing organization or system is at least as common in everyday speech.

Common collocations

  • 末期症状(まっきしょうじょう)が出(で)る: for terminal symptoms to show
  • 末期症状(まっきしょうじょう)を呈(てい)する: to display signs of terminal decline
  • もはや末期症状(まっきしょうじょう)だ: to be already beyond saving

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Compare: 重症(じゅうしょう) (serious condition)
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Added 2026.6.24 9:19 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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