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LIFE-SHORTENING [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protection of Life
  • Human Diseases
  • Special-Language Phraseology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Maladies humaines
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
DEF

The provision of analgesics, with the motive of relieving a person’s suffering, in amounts that may, but are not certain to, shorten that person’s life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux

Spanish

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