feticide
Meanings
noun
- The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion.
- One who kills a fetus.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From fetus + -cide or fetus + -icide, from Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīda (“cutter, killer”) and its derivation -cīdium (“killing”), from -cīd (combining form of caedō (“cut, kill”)) + -a (“-er”, forming agent nouns).
Derived words
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