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feticide

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted cdeefiitStarts with FEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the act of destroying a fetus

Word origin

From fetus + -cide or fetus + -icide, from Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīda (“cutter, killer”) and its derivation -cīdium (“killing”), from -cīd (combining form of caedō (“cut, kill”)) + -a (“-er”, forming agent nouns).

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  • Notwithstanding the earnest opposition of writers and lecturers and preachers and legislators, the practice of feticide appears to be on the increase.

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