medicide

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med·i·cide

(mĕd′ĭ-sīd′)

Suicide accomplished with the aid of a physician.

[medi(cal) + (sui)cide.]

medicide

(ˈmɛdɪˌsaɪd)

suicide with the assistance of a doctor

med•i•cide

(ˈmɛd əˌsaɪd)
n.

a medically assisted suicide. Compare assisted suicide.

[1990–95; medi(cal) + -cide]

Translations

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Medicide therefore means "killing doctors" or "killing medicine" (in Latin, doctor is medicus, and medicine is medicina).