euthanasia

IPA(Pronunciation)

/juː.θəˈneɪ.zɪ.ə/

Noun

uncountable usually obsolete

The practice of intentionally and painlessly killing a human being or animal for humane reasons, especially in order to end great suffering or poor quality of life.

Japanese Meaning

安楽死：苦痛や苦しみの軽減を目的として、人間または動物の生命を意図的に、かつ痛みを伴わずに終了させる医療上または倫理的な行為。

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The debate over euthanasia raised difficult ethical questions about autonomy, suffering, and the role of physicians.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

安楽死に関する議論は、自律性、苦痛、そして医師の役割についての難しい倫理的問題を提起した。

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Sense（1）

The practice of intentionally and painlessly killing a human being or animal for humane reasons, especially in order to end great suffering or poor quality of life.

Euthanasia is the most difficult part of a veterinarian's job.

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(obsolete) An easy death, or the means to bring about such a death.

It would in time, it is to be hoped, effect a quiet euthanasia of the heresies of bigotry and fanaticism which have so long triumphed over human reason, and so generally and deeply afflicted mankind; but this work is to be begun by winnowing the grain from the chaff of the historians of his life.

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euthanasias

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