| gesture | 1. Any movement expressive of an idea, opinion, or emotion. 2. An act. Origin: L. Gestus, movement, gesture Suicide gesture, an apparent attempt at suicide by someone wishing to attract attention, gain sympathy, or achieve some goal other than self-destruction. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| suicide | The act of killing oneself. (12 Dec 1998) |
| suicide, assisted | Deliberate acceleration of death of a competent patient with an incurable disease or in the extremes of suffering. The patient seeking assistance in taking his own life may ask the help of a physician or other health professional, a family member, or a friend. The milieu may be a hospital, nursing home, or private residence. Assistance to the person in dire physical or psychological distress may take the form of lethal doses of medications or chemicals to be taken orally or by injection through human intervention or with a so-called suicide machine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| suicide, attempted | The unsuccessful attempt to kill oneself. (12 Dec 1998) |
| suicide substrate | A competitive inhibitor that is converted to an irreversible inhibitor at the active site of the enzyme. Synonym: mechanism-based inhibitor. (05 Mar 2000) |