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Definition of Feticide
1. Noun. The act of destroying a fetus.
Definition of Feticide
1. n. The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion.
Definition of Feticide
1. Noun. an abortion, specifically, the killing of a fetus. ¹
2. Noun. one who kills a fetus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feticide
1. the killing of a fetus [n -S]
Medical Definition of Feticide
1. Destruction of the embryo or foetus in the uterus. Origin: L. Fetus + caedo, to kill (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feticide
Literary usage of Feticide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology by John James Reese (1903)
"CRIMINAL ABORTION, OR feticide. Criminal Abortion is the unlawful producing the
... But cases of feticide, although extremely common, very rarely become the ..."
2. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"... that the life of an embryo is equally sacred with the life of an infant was
so much opposed to popular feelings, that the law concerning feticide had to ..."
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