right-to-die
[ rahyt-tuh-dahy ]
/ ˈraɪt təˈdaɪ /
adjective
asserting or advocating the right to refuse extraordinary medical measures to prolong one's life when one is terminally ill or irreversibly comatose: right-to-die laws.
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Origin of right-to-die
First recorded in 1975–80
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Medical definitions for right-to-die
right-to-die
adj.
Advocating or expressing, as in a living will, a person's right to refuse extraordinary life-sustaining measures intended to prolong life artificially when the person is deemed by his or her physicians to be terminally or incurably ill.
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