perishing vs terminally ill

perishing

adj
  • Extreme; used of environmental or bodily conditions. 

  • Extremely cold. 

noun
  • The act of something that perishes; decay or destruction. 

terminally ill

adj
  • Having an incurable condition that will lead to death. 

How often have the words perishing and terminally ill occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )