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aborticides

aborticides is the plural of aborticide.

Meaning of aborticide

Noun

aborticide (countable and uncountable, plural aborticides)

  1. The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
    • As physician I frequently find it helpful to express some of my views regarding prognosis, aborticide, euthanasia, organ transplant, and similar medical exertion of mine, including that of my well-intentioned fellow-man.1974, John Morris Dorsey, Psychology of ethics, page 153
  2. An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.

Questions about aborticides

What is aborticides the plural of?
Aborticides is the plural of aborticide.

Words near aborticides in the dictionary

  1. abortees
  2. aborter
  3. aborters
  4. aborti
  5. aborticide
  6. aborticides
  7. abortient
  8. abortients
  9. abortifacient
  10. abortifacients
  11. abortifactive

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