Feticide

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
feticide
    n 1: the act of destroying a fetus [syn: {aborticide},
         {feticide}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Feticide \Fe"ti*cide\ (? or ?), n. [Written also {f[oe]ticide}.]
   [Fetus + L. caedere to kill.] (Med. & Law)
   The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of
   procuring an abortion.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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