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Cobuild Advanced English Dictionary defines 'euthanasia' as: "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 ____________."

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Mosby's Medical Dictionary (9th Edition, 2009) defines 'euthanasia' as: "1. also called mercy killing. the deliberate causing of the death of a person who is suffering from an incurable disease or condition. It may be active, such as by administration of a lethal drug, or passive, such as by withholding of treatment. Legal authorities, church leaders, philosophers, and commentators on ethics and morality usually _______________ passive euthanasia from active euthanasia. 2. an easy, quiet, painless death."

Segen's Medical Dictionary (2012) defines 'euthanasia' as: "The ____________ of death, or painlessly putting to death a patient suffering from an incurable disease; deliberate administration of medications—e.g., narcotics or barbiturates—to a terminally ill patient at his/her own request, to end life."

Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (2008) defines 'euthanasia' as: "The act of putting a person or animal to death ____________ or allowing them to die by withholding medical services, usually because of a painful and incurable disease. Mercy killing is another term for euthanasia."

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines 'euthanasia' as: "The act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a ________________ way for reasons of mercy." "The word comes from the Greek euthanatos, which means "easy death."