athanasia

 [ath-uh-ney-zhuh]  

ath·a·na·sia

   [ath-uh-ney-zhuh]
noun
deathlessness; immortality.
Also, a·than·a·sy  [uh-than-uh-see] .

Origin:
1820–30; < Greek athanasía, equivalent to athánat(os) deathless (a- a-6 + thánatos death) + -ia -ia, with ti > si
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