"medicide" meaning in English

See medicide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: medicides [plural]
Etymology: Blend of medical + suicide. Compare -cide. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|medical|suicide}} Blend of medical + suicide, {{m|en|-cide}} -cide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} medicide (countable and uncountable, plural medicides)
  1. Medically assisted suicide; suicide accomplished with the assistance of a physician. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Suicide Synonyms: PAS Hypernyms: assisted suicide
    Sense id: en-medicide-en-noun-t86IIfh~ Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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