单词 | euthanasia |
释义 | euthanasia —euthanasiast /yooh'theuh nay"zee ast'/, n. —euthanasic /yooh'theuh nay"zik/, adj. /yooh'theuh nay"zheuh, -zhee euh, -zee euh/, n. 1. Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, esp. a painful, disease or condition. 2. painless death. [1640-50; < NL < Gk euthanasía an easy death, equiv. to eu- EU- + thánat(os) death + -ia -Y3] |
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