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Aborticide

Aborticide \A*bor"ti*cide\ ([.a]*b[^o]r"t[i^]*s[imac]d), n. [L. abortus + caedere to kill. See Abort.] (Med.) The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.

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aborticide

n. 1 The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide. 2 An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.

WordNet
aborticide

  1. n. a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion [syn: abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug]

  2. the act of destroying a fetus [syn: feticide]

Usage examples of "aborticide".

Two of the cadavers Larch had worked with in medical school had been victims of a rather common household aborticide of the time: turpentine.