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medicide

medicide noun: medically assisted suicide; suicide accomplished with the assistance of a physician.

Noun (1)

medicide (countable and uncountable, plural medicides)

  1. Medically assisted suicide; suicide accomplished with the assistance of a physician.
    Synonyms:
    PAS

Noun (2)

medicide (uncountable)

  1. The war crime of destroying medical facilities or targeting medical personnel.

Synonyms of medicide

Forms of medicide

pluralmedicides

Origin of medicide

Blend of medical + suicide. Compare -cide.

Questions about medicide

What does medicide mean?
Medicide means medically assisted suicide; suicide accomplished with the assistance of a physician.
What part of speech is medicide?
Medicide is a noun.
What is the plural of medicide?
The plural of medicide is medicides.

Words near medicide in the dictionary

  1. Medici
  2. Medici collar
  3. Medici collars
  4. medician
  5. medicians
  6. medicide
  7. medicides
  8. medicin
  9. medicinable
  10. medicinal
  11. medicinal chemistry

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