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March 22, 2026
| Id | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D028601
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D028601
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| Preferred Name | Euthanasia, Active |
| Definitions |
The act or practice of killing for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person or animal from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)
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| Synonyms |
Active Euthanasia
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
All Properties
| definition | The act or practice of killing for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person or animal from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed) |
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| altLabel | Active Euthanasia
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| prefLabel | Euthanasia, Active
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| Machine permutation | 2002
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| HN | 2002
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| type | |
| tui | T052
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| TERMUI |
T015480
T451673
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| TH |
NLM (2002)
BIOETHICS (1974)
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| MMR | 20150629
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| notation | D028601
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| Inverse of RO | |
| Semantic type UMLS property | |
| Inverse of AQ |
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| FX |
D005066
D017236
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| DX | 20020101
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| cui | C0001285
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| DC | 1
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| MN |
E02.760.905.199.249
I01.880.735.344.500.249
N02.421.585.905.199.500
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| AN | human only
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| AQL | CL ES HI LJ MT PX SN ST TD VE
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| MDA | 20010620
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