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terminal sedation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
ter-mi-nal se-da-tion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of drugging a dying patient into a coma and withholding food and water until they die.

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What does terminal sedation mean?
The act of drugging a dying patient into a coma and withholding food and water until they die.

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