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From clini(cal) (“dealing with the practical management of patients”) + -cide (suffix meaning ‘killing’).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The deliberate killing of a patient in the course of medical treatment. Full definition →
From clini(cal) (“dealing with the practical management of patients”) + -cide (suffix meaning ‘killing’).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.