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Genocide

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genocide
[jen′əsīd]
the systematic extermination of a national, ethnic, political, religious, or other population.
Genocide
The systematic killing of a select group of individuals in a population that is sanctioned by a country’s leaders, thereby constituting a policy, which may have the local medical community’s implied support.
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