right-to-die
[rahyt-tuh-dahy]
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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right-to-die
adj.
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