3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Foeticide \F[oe]"ti*cide\, n. Same as {Feticide}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: 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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