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The Combining Form Eti/o- Means "Cause of ________

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The combining form eti/o- means "cause of ________."


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Living Will

A legal document that specifies an individual's preferences regarding medical treatments in situations where they are unable to communicate their wishes, especially concerning end-of-life care.

Persistent Vegetative State

A condition of severe brain damage in which a person loses cognitive functions and awareness of the environment while retaining some basic physical functions and cycles of wakefulness.

Brain Death

A medical condition where all functions of the brain have irreversibly stopped, considered legally and medically as death.

Passive Euthanasia

Allowing a dying person to die naturally, without medical intervention, by withholding or withdrawing treatment.

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