terminal sedation
terminal sedation · terminal sedations
The act of drugging a dying patient into a coma and withholding food and water until…The act of drugging a dying patient into a coma and withholding food and water until they die.
Meaning
1 sensesThe act of drugging a dying patient into a coma and withholding food and water until they die.
Forms
plural: terminal sedations| Singular | terminal sedation |
|---|---|
| Plural | terminal sedations |
regular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.