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Period in a hospital at the end, being this? (8)

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terminal

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'this?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'period in a hospital at the end' is the wordplay.
'period' becomes 'term' (term is a kind of period).
'at the end' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'hospital' is 'l'.
'term'+'in'+'a'+'l'='TERMINAL'

'being' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for terminal that I've seen before include "At the end; connection" , "Of an illness causing death" , "part of Heathrow?" , "Monitor" , "Electrical connector" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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