feticide

noun

fe·​ti·​cide ˈfē-tə-ˌsīd How to pronounce feticide (audio)
: the act of causing the death of a fetus

Examples of feticide in a Sentence

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The extra steps of injecting a child with feticide to stop her heart or ripping her limbs off of her body are not needed to care for the mother. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 Six additional states, including the Dakotas, Michigan, and Oklahoma, have either feticide or wrongful death laws broad enough to potentially apply to embryos. Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024 What is some of the general history behind some of these feticide laws and laws prohibiting abortions? Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023 Alabama didn’t have a feticide law, nothing on the books about feticide as a crime. Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for feticide 

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of feticide was in 1842

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“Feticide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feticide. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

feticide

noun
fe·​ti·​cide
variants or chiefly British foeticide
: the action or process of causing the death of a fetus
feticidal adjective
or chiefly British foeticidal

Legal Definition

feticide

noun
fe·​ti·​cide ˈfē-tə-ˌsīd How to pronounce feticide (audio)
: the act of causing the death of a fetus
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