EUTHANASIA


Meaning of EUTHANASIA in English

[ ˌju:θə'neɪzɪə ]

■ noun the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable disease or in an irreversible coma.

Origin

C17: from Gk, from eu 'well' + thanatos 'death'.

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