Look up: euthanasia

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   Euthanasia
   the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit. (The key word here is 'intentional'. If death is not intended, it is not an act of euthanasia)
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   euthanasia
   easy and painless death 
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   euthanasia
   [Noun] Painlessly killing a dying person so that they stop suffering.
   Example: Some people feel that euthanasia should be legal.
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   Euthanasia
   A process of killing animals because they are very ill, injured or contribute to pet overpopulation - the latter is a good reason to have your female cat spayed as early as possible.
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   euthanasia
   [n] - the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
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   euthanasia
   In medicine, `mercy killing` of someone with a severe and incurable condition or illness. Euthanasia is a highly controversial issue on medical and ethical grounds. A patient's right to refuse...
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   Euthanasia
   painlessly ending the life of a patient with an incurable disease who requests to die
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   Euthanasia
   Euthanasia is  helping to end the life of someone who wants to die, often because they have an incurable disease. This is illegal in the UK and most countries.
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   Euthanasia
   Euthanasia:The word 'euthanasia' comes straight out of the Greek -- 'eu', goodly or well + 'thanatos', death = the good death -- and for 18th-century writers in England that was what euthanasia meant, a 'good' death, a welcome way to depart quietly and well from life. The most commonly understood meaning of euthanasia today is more than the old dic ...
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    euthanasia
    act of killing someone painlessly, especially to relieve suffering from an incurable illness Category: Medicine
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    Euthanasia
    Eu`tha·na'si·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ...; ... well + ... death, ..., ..., to die: confer French euthanasie .] An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. 'An euthanasia of all thought.' Hazlitt. « The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia .» Arbuthnot.
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    euthanasia
    The act or practice of putting to death people or animals suffering from incurable conditions or diseases. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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    euthanasia
    mercy killing noun the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
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    Euthanasia
    `Euthanasia` is the practice of having a medically-assisted death. It is illegal in most countries. Euthanasia is a controversial subject, not only because there are many different moral dilemmas associated with it, but also in what constitutes its definition. At the extreme ends of disagreement, advocates say euthanasia, also known as physician aid in dying, is a merciful method of death. At the other end are opponents of euthanasia, who may co...
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    euthanasia
    (u″thә-na´zhә) an easy or painless death. the deliberate ending of life of a person suffering from an incurable disease, including the withholding extraordinary means or “heroic measures,” and thus allowing the patient to die. A distinction was traditionally made between posit...
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    Euthanasia
    • (n.) An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired.
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    euthanasia
    act or practice of painlessly putting to death persons suffering from painful and incurable disease or incapacitating physical disorder. Because ... [9 related articles]
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    euthanasia
    euthanasia 1. A quiet, painless death. 2. The deliberate ending of life in individuals with an incurable and painful disease. Ethical considerations are still being actively debated. One difficulty is determining the criteria by which the physician, or society, determines that the time has come to end the patient's life.
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    euthanasia
    euthanasia (yOO"thunā'zhu) , either painlessly putting to death or failing to prevent death from natural causes in cases of terminal illness or irreversible coma. The term comes from the Greek expression for “good death.” Technological advances in medicine have made it poss...
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