Preferred Label : capital punishment;
MeSH definition : The use of the death penalty for certain crimes.;
MeSH synonym : capital punishments; punishment, capital; death penalty; death penalties; penalty, death; penalties, death; punishments, capital;
MeSH hyponym : hanging, judicial; electrocution, judicial; lethal injection; gas chamber execution; Chamber Execution, Gas; Execution, Gas Chamber; Executions, Gas Chamber; Gas Chamber Executions; Injection, Lethal; Injections, Lethal; Lethal Injections; Electrocutions, Judicial; Judicial Electrocution; Judicial Electrocutions; Hangings, Judicial; Judicial Hanging; Judicial Hangings;
MeSH annotation : entry term ELECTROCUTION, JUDICIAL: do not index also under the electricity aspect
unless particularly discussed;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital punishment;
Origin ID : D002203;
UMLS CUI : C0006912;
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The use of the death penalty for certain crimes.
