ALL meanings of euthanasia
- noun euthanasia mercy killing 1
- noun euthanasia The painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. The practice is illegal in most countries. 1
- uncountable noun euthanasia Euthanasia is the practice of killing someone who is very ill and will never get better in order to end their suffering, usually done at their request or with their consent. 0
- noun euthanasia the act of killing someone painlessly, esp to relieve suffering from an incurable illness 0
- noun euthanasia an easy and painless death 0
- noun euthanasia act or practice of causing death painlessly, so as to end suffering: advocated by some as a way to deal with persons dying of incurable, painful diseases 0