Definitions of Euthanasia

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Definition of 'Euthanasia'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) euthanasia, mercy killing
the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)

Definition of 'Euthanasia'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Euthanasia
an easy death; a mode of dying to be desired

Definition of 'Euthanasia'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Euthanasia
The act or practice of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)

Translation of 'Euthanasia'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the painless killing of someone who is suffering from a painful and incurable illness Many old people would prefer euthanasia to the suffering they have to endure.
Afrikaans: eutanasie, genadedood	Arabic: إماتَه رَحيمَه	Bulgarian: евтаназия
Brazilian: eutanásia	Czech: euthanasie	German: die Euthanasie
Danish: medlidenhedsdrab; aktiv d	Greek: ευθανασία	Spanish: eutanasia
Estonian: halastussurm	Farsi: کشتن دلسوزانه؛ خوشمرگی	Finnish: eutanasia
French: euthanasie	Hebrew: הֲמָתַת חֶסֶד	Hindi: यूथेनासिया, लाइलाज रोग से
Croatian: eutanazija	Hungarian: eutanázia	Indonesian: euthanasia
Icelandic: líknardráp	Italian: eutanasia	Japanese: 安楽死
Korean: 안락사	Lithuanian: neskausmingas numarinimas	Latvian: eitanāzija
Malay: eutanasia	Dutch: euthanasie	Norwegian: barmhjertighetsdrap, euta
Polish: eutanazja	Persian: کشتن دلسوزانه؛ خوشمرگی	Pashto: قتلول
Portuguese: eutanásia	Romanian: eutanasie	Russian: эвтаназия
Slovak: eutanázia	Slovenian: evtanazija	Serbian: eutanazija
Swedish: eutanasi, dödshjälp	Thai: การฆ่าหรือช่วยให้บุคคลที่	Turkish: ötenazi, tatlı ölüm
Taiwanese: 安樂死	Ukrainian: евтаназія	Urdu: آرام کی موت
Vietnamese: sự làm chết không đau	Chinese: 无痛苦致死术，安乐死
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