feticide
Noun

feticide (plural feticides)

  1. An abortion, specifically, the killing of a fetus. [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.
  2. One who kills a fetus.
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