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death panels

death panels is the plural of death panel.

Meaning of death panel

Noun

death panel (plural death panels)

  1. (US, otherwise humorous) A fictitious government committee which is responsible for choosing which of various patients will receive healthcare, and which withholds life-saving treatment from some in order to reduce costs.

Questions about death panels

What is death panels the plural of?
Death panels is the plural of death panel.

Words near death panels in the dictionary

  1. death notifications
  2. death of despair
  3. death of the author
  4. death on
  5. death panel
  6. death panels
  7. death penalties
  8. death penalty
  9. death pennies
  10. death penny
  11. death pile

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