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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Suicide committed with the aid of another person, sometimes a physician.
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- noun Suicide with the help of another person; especially suicide of a
terminally ill person with the help of aphysician ;euthanasia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible
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