euthanasia : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: euthanasia	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for euthanasia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
euthanasia n the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) Synonym(s): euthanasia, mercy killing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Euthanasia \Eu`thana"sia\n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] well + [?] death, [?], [?], to die: cf. F. euthanasie.] An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. [bd]An euthanasia of all thought.[b8] --Hazlitt. The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia. --Arbuthnot.