# misthanasia

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The premature death of a vulnerable human due to a failure to provide appropriate help in the context of social injustice.

## Etymology
A neologism coined by Brazilian bioethicists, from mis- (“badly, wrongly”) + -thanasia (as in euthanasia, dysthanasia), from Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos, “death”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/misthanasia