MEDICIDE

Etymology

Noun

medicide (countable and uncountable, plural medicides)

Medically assisted suicide; suicide accomplished with the assistance of a physician.

Synonyms

• PAS

Hypernyms

• assisted suicide

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

5 December 2024

POLE

(noun) one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; “they are at opposite poles”; “they are poles apart”


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