Aborticide

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [archaic] AS
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aborticide
       n 1: a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion [syn:
            {abortifacient}, {abortion-inducing drug}]
       2: the act of destroying a fetus [syn: {feticide}]