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feticide

noun

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).

  1. derived from -cīda
  2. derived from -cide

Definitions

  1. The killing of a fetus or embryo

    The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion.

    • Zimra, then, takes an unequivocal stance; favoring Rashi's view over that of Maimonides, he offers little comfort for the rodef approach, holding instead that feticide cannot be regarded as murder becaue the fetus is not a nefesh.
    • Notwithstanding the earnest opposition of writers and lecturers and preachers and legislators, the practice of feticide appears to be on the increase.

  2. One who kills a fetus.

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Derived

feticidal

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA