medicide
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of medicide
1990–95; medi(cal) + -cide
Example Sentences
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He sparked the national right-to-die debate with a homemade suicide machine that helped end about 130 ailing people's lives, using the term "medicide" to describe physician-assisted suicide.
From US News
The videotaped interview, clinically labeled "Medicide: File 8," is one of many in a new archive at Kevorkian's alma mater, The University of Michigan.
From US News
“We felt very strongly that by not providing access to this collection and to the medicide files, we would be choosing to hide a very important story.”
From Washington Times
He sparked the national right-to-die debate with a homemade suicide machine that helped end the lives of about 130 ailing people, using the term “medicide” to describe physician-assisted suicide.
From Washington Times
“Many of the medicide patients and their families - who remain very close to this day - are still advocates of their family member’s choice to die, so anonymity was not an issue,” said Olga Virakhovskaya, Bentley’s lead archivist who processed the materials.
From Washington Times
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