terminal wean
n.— «They cover studies on both brain-dead people and “terminal wean” patients, who still have brain function but will die soon after being taken off life support.» —“Science calls at the deathbed” by Nell Boyce U.S. News & World Report Jan. 12, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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