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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024eu•tha•na•sia /ˌyuθəˈneɪʒə/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Medicine, Pathologypainless killing of a person, usually when the person is suffering from an incurable, esp. a painful, disease or condition.
Also called mercy killing. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024eu•tha•na•sia (yo̅o̅′thə nā′zhə, -zhē ə, -zē ə),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- painless death.
- Greek euthanasía an easy death, equivalent. to eu- eu- + thánat(os) death + -ia -y3
- Neo-Latin
- 1640–50;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: euthanasia /ˌjuːθəˈneɪzɪə/ n - the act of killing someone painlessly, esp to relieve suffering from an incurable illness
Also called: mercy killing
Etymology: 17th Century: via New Latin from Greek: easy death, from eu- + thanatos death |