euthanasic
Pertaining to painless death
Euthanasic describes something relating to or causing euthanasia—the deliberate ending of life to relieve suffering.
A euthanasic agent is a substance used to bring about a painless death: The veterinarian administered a euthanasic injection.
The term appears primarily in medical and veterinary contexts.
Composed and respectable
- voluntaryDone by choice
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
mercy · compassionate · controversial · legal · decriminalized · sanctioned · justified · deliberate
Marked by kindness
- painlessCausing no discomfort
- shelterProtected place or structure
- injectionSyringe-delivered dose
- vetScrutinize for problems
sedation · put-down · animal · pet · livestock · suffering · compassionate · needle
Causing or capable of death
- painlessCausing no discomfort
- mercifulDisposed toward forgiveness
- humaneMarked by kindness
- terminalAt the endpoint
sedative · barbiturate · pentobarbital · injection · dosage · physician-assisted · palliative · end-of-life
dignified
Composed and respectable
suffering · mercy · compassionate · controversial · legal · decriminalized · sanctioned · justified · deliberate · intentional
humane
Marked by kindness
vet · sedation · put-down · animal · pet · livestock · suffering · compassionate · needle · unconscious
lethal
Causing or capable of death
terminal · sedative · barbiturate · pentobarbital · injection · dosage · physician-assisted · palliative · end-of-life · clinical
euthanasicresuscitative
Restoring life or consciousness
life-saving · curative · therapeutic · preservative · revivifying
- pet euthanasiaPainless ending for animals
- voluntary euthanasiaSelf-requested death assistance
- animal euthanasiaDeliberate painless death for creatures
- passive euthanasiaPermitting death by inaction
- active euthanasiaDeliberately causing patient's death