circling the drain
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circling the drain
FTD–fixing to die, near extremis, pre-code Medtalk Referring to a Pt whose future prospects of life are dimMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
cir·cling the drain
(CTD) (sĕr'kling drān)Jargonistic and grossly inhumane term for a patient who is in the final days or weeks before death.
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