Relating to or involving euthanasia; designed to bring about an easy or painless death.
From euthanasia, which combines Greek eu- 'good' and thanatos 'death,' plus the suffix -ic meaning 'of or relating to.' The word was revived in the 19th century from ancient Greek to describe painless death.
When medical professionals use the term 'euthanasic care,' they're using a word that literally means 'good death' from ancient Greek—a careful, precise term for one of medicine's most difficult ethical questions.
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