안락사

anraksa
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Definitions

mercy killing; euthanasia
The act of killing a terminally-ill patient with no hope of recovery, to remove the pain, after obtaining agreement from the patient or his/her family.
살아날 가망이 없는 환자의 고통을 덜어 주기 위해 본인이나 가족의 동의를 얻은 후 목숨을 끊어 주는 일.

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Dictionary data from Korean Learners' Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA.