feticide

== English == === Alternative forms === fetucide foeticide === 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). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfiːtɪsaɪd/ === Noun === feticide (countable and uncountable, plural feticides) (dysphemistic) The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion. [from 19th century] 1878, H. Gibbons, "On Feticide" in Transactions of the Session of the Medical Society of the State of California vol. 8; J. Anthony & Co., Printers; page 209: Notwithstanding the earnest opposition of writers and lecturers and preachers and legislators, the practice of feticide appears to be on the increase. One who kills a fetus. ==== Derived terms ==== feticidal ==== Translations ====