foeticide

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Foeticide \F[oe]"ti*cide\, n.
   Same as {Feticide}.
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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.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
FOETICIDE, med. jur. Recently, this term has been applied to designate the 
act by which criminal abortion is produced. 1 Beck's Med. Jur. 288; Guy, 
Med. Jur. 133. See Infanticide; Prolicide. 
    

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