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lethal injection
le·thal in·jec·tion
Definitions related to lethal injection:
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The carrying-out of death sentence by means of injection.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(lethal injection euthanasia) A method of euthanasia whereby a subject is given a lethal injection to induce death.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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