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Topic: SOCIOLOGY
Date:
1600-1700
Language:
Greek
Origin:
'easy death'
, from thanatos
'death'
euthanasia
noun
eu‧tha‧na‧si‧a
[
uncountable
]
SS
the deliberate killing of a person who is very ill and going to die, in order to stop them suffering
Definition of euthanasia from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic SOCIOLOGY
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