Choose the one word for: the painless killing of a person with an incurable disease, to end suffering.

euthanasiaCorrect answerYour answeranaesthesiaCorrect answerYour answerhomicideCorrect answerYour answersuicideCorrect answerYour answer

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Euthanasia is ending the life of an incurably ill person painlessly: "eu" means good and "thanatos" death.

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Anaesthesia is the use of drugs to stop pain during an operation; it does not end life.

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