euthanasia
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7.5
- noun
- /juːθəˈneɪziə/
- Specialized
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eutanasia
- Many people believe that euthanasia is a compassionate choice for patients suffering from terminal illnesses.
- voluntary euthanasia
- physician-assisted euthanasia
- assisted euthanasia
Intense public debate over the ethics behind euthanasia and physician assisted suicide.
- Intense public debate over the ethics behind euthanasia and physician assisted suicide.
- And when they died of cancer, they had the euthanasia tablet like they had actually been given.
- He was an early proponent of the Dutch euthanasia regime and he served on their euthanasia review board.
Examples
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In active voluntary and active involuntary euthanasia, the purpose is to hasten death through active steps.
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Both of these forms of euthanasia are illegal and considered murder everywhere in the United States.
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So euthanasia literally means a good death.
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The context when you talk about euthanasia is very important.
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Legally, this company provides a form of euthanasia.
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Even when a doctor directly performed euthanasia, the researchers found that there were complications 3 percent of the time.
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If a child is born and they are going to die and they are suffering within a few hours, yes, there is euthanasia for those scenarios.
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At present, only Oregon has legalized active voluntary euthanasia with physician assistance.
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Literally translated from Greek, euthanasia means "good death" (eu- good; thanatos - death).
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There are four types of euthanasia: active voluntary, active involuntary, passive voluntary, and passive involuntary.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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6.7
An act of ending a seriously ill person's life with help from another person to stop suffering
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6.3
Ending a person's life to stop their pain when they are very ill
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A public discussion about whether helping someone die to end suffering is right and legal
Surface Forms
Morphology
euthanasia = eu + thanat + ia
Built from Greek combining forms (eu- + thanat- + -ia) that are medical/technical and not productive standalone English words for most learners, so the meaning cannot be reliably guessed from the visible parts.
Etymology
The word euthanasia comes from Greek parts eu- 'good' and thanatos 'death'. So euthanasia literally means 'good death' and refers to a painless, 'easy' death given to end suffering.