Historical Examples <\/p>\n
Illstarred heresiarch' In a Greek watercloset he breathed his last: euthanasia. <\/p>\n
When I am too old to work and ready for euthanasia I shall have you come and talk me to death. <\/p>\n
In August, 1900, came the euthanasia for which he had longed. <\/p>\n
People did not deplore the dead warrior, but admired his euthanasia. <\/p>\n
It was here that one enthusiast achieved a fisherman's euthanasia, for he dropped dead suddenly in the very act of playing a fish. <\/p>\n
British Dictionary definitions for euthanasia Expand <\/p>\n
the act of killing someone painlessly, esp to relieve suffering from an incurable illness Also called mercy killing <\/p>\n
Word Origin <\/p>\n
C17: via New Latin from Greek: easy death, from eu- + thanatos death <\/p>\n
Word Origin and History for euthanasia Expand <\/p>\n
c.1600, from Greek euthanasia \"an easy or happy death,\" from eu- \"good\" (see eu-) + thanatos \"death\" (see thanatology). Sense of \"legally sanctioned mercy killing\" is first recorded in English 1869. <\/p>\n
euthanasia in Medicine Expand <\/p>\n
euthanasia euthanasia (y'th-n'zh, -zh-) n. <\/p>\n
The act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable condition, as by lethal injection or the suspension of extraordinary medical treatment. <\/p>\n
A quiet, painless death. <\/p>\n
euthanasia in Science Expand <\/p>\n
euthanasia in Culture Expand <\/p>\n
Painlessly putting someone to death usually someone with an incurable and painful disease; mercy killing. <\/p>\n
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