A young woman exhales cigarette smoke in Shanghai, China. The People's Republic of China is both the world's largest producer and largest consumer of tobacco, which has led to an impending cancer epidemic in the most populous country on Earth.
from the CANCER photo gallery: http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/photos/cancer/
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euthanize (YOO-thuh-nyz) verb tr.
Ending life for humane reasons, such as to avoid pain from an incurable condition.
[Back-formation from euthanasia (mercy killing), from Greek eu- (good) +thanatos (death). Earliest documented use: 1931.
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A related word is
thanatophobia (an abnormal fear of death)
http://wordsmith.org/words/thanatophobia.html .]
"A terminally sick humpback whale that became stranded on a beach in Western Australia two weeks ago was euthanized Thursday with an explosive charge."
Stranded, Sick Whale Euthanized With Explosives; Associated Press
(New York); Sep 3, 2010.
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