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foeticide

foeticide is the alternative form of feticide.

Meaning of feticide

Noun

feticide (countable and uncountable, plural feticides)

  1. The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion.
    • Zimra, then, takes an unequivocal stance; favoring Rashi's view over that of Maimonides, he offers little comfort for the rodef approach, holding instead that feticide cannot be regarded as murder becaue the fetus is not a nefesh.2002, Daniel Schiff, Abortion in Judaism, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 68
  2. One who kills a fetus.

Forms of foeticide

pluralfoeticides

Origin of foeticide

From foetus + -cide or foetus + -icide; see feticide for more.

Words formed from foeticide

Questions about foeticide

What is foeticide the alternative form of?
Foeticide is the alternative form of feticide.

Words near foeticide in the dictionary

  1. foetally
  2. foetation
  3. foetations
  4. foeti
  5. foeticidal
  6. foeticide
  7. foeticides
  8. foetid
  9. foetid juniper
  10. foetidness
  11. foetiparous

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