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Euthanasiaistheactorpracticeofkillingorpermittingthedeathofhopelesslysickorinjuredindividuals(suchaspersonsordomesticanimals)inarelativelypainlesswayforreasonsofmercy.ThewordcomesfromtheGreekeuthanatos,whichmeans'easydeath.'InEnglish,euthanasiahasbeenusedinexactlythissensesincetheearlyseventeenthcentury,whenFrancisBacondescribedthephenomenonas'afterthefashionandsemblanceofakindly&pleasantsleepe.'Nowadays,thewordusuallyreferstothemeansofattainingsuchadeath."