[ 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'.
[ 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'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004