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Euthanasia
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Refers to the practice, legal or illegal, of causing the death of an animal or incurably ill person for compassionate reasons.
Alternative terms
UF
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Active euthanasia
UF
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Allowing terminally ill to die
UF
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Assisted death
UF
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Assisted suicide
UF
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Involuntary euthanasia
UF
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Mercy killing
UF
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Passive euthanasia
UF
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Physician-assisted suicide
UF
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Putting an animal down
UF
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Right to die
UF
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Voluntary euthanasia
Broader Terms
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Death and dying
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Euthanasie
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Eutanasia
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Euthanasie
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Eutanasia
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Eutanásia
русский язык
Эвтаназия
Date of creation
06-Nov-2011
Accepted term
06-Nov-2011
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