The Oxford English Dictionary defines 'euthanasia' as: "The action of inducing a gentle and easy death. Used esp. with reference to a proposal that the law should sanction the putting painlessly to death of those suffering from incurable and extremely painful diseases."
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The American Heritage Medical Dictionary (2007) defines 'euthanasia' as: "The act or practice of ending the life of a person or animal having a terminal illness or a medical condition that causes suffering perceived as incompatible with an acceptable quality of life, as by lethal injection or the suspension of certain medical treatments."
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TheAmericanHeritageStedman'sMedicalDictionary(2002)defines'euthanasia'as:"1.Theactorpracticeofendingthelifeofanindividualsufferingfromaterminalillnessoranincurablecondition,asbylethalinjectionorthesuspensionofextraordinarymedicaltreatment.2.Aquiet,painlessdeath."
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B. 错
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th Edition, 2016) defines 'euthanasia' as: "The act or practice of ending the life of a person or animal having a terminal illness or a medical condition that causes suffering perceived as incompatible with an acceptable quality of life, as by lethal injection or the suspension of certain medical treatments."
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Cambridge English Corpus defines 'euthanasia' as: "There may be many intentions present in a single action, and in complex actions such as euthanasia and lethal palliation there typically are."
A. 对
B. 错