clinicide/ˈklɪnɪsaɪd/EtymologyFrom clini(cal) (“dealing with the practical management of patients”) + -cide (suffix meaning ‘killing’).nounThe deliberate killing of a patient in the course of medical treatment.“[page 90, column 1] [Harold] Shipman killed himself in Wakefield prison on 13 January 2004. The Coronial hearing brought to an end a series of inquiries that found he had committed at least 250 murders in a killing career – a clinicide – that went back to internship at Pontefract General Infirmary. [...] [page 92, column 1] The frenetic consulting was a process of constant preparation for the clin”