Passive Euthanasia:

Synonym: allowing to die, negative euthanasia.

Terms Related to Passive Euthanasia

• Euthanasia

  The act or practice of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person or animal ...

• Active Euthanasia

  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 ...

• Mercy Killing

  The act or practice of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person or animal ...

• Pyroglobulins

  Atypical gamma immunoglobulins characterized by their irreversible heat denaturation at 56-degrees C. Pyroprecipitation is inhibited at pH below 3 and above 9. The presence of ...

• Passive Ion Transport

  The movement of ions across energy-transducing cell membranes. Transport can be active, passive or facilitated. Ions may travel by themselves (uniport), or as a group ...