physician-assisted suicide

/fəˌzɪʃən ˌsuəˈsaɪd/
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Definitions of physician-assisted suicide
  1. noun
    assisted suicide where the assistant is a physician
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    type of:
    assisted suicide
    suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible
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