FETICIDE

feticide (fee-t<<schwa>>-sId).1. The act or an instance of killing a fetus, usu. by assaulting

and battering the mother; esp., the act of unlawfully causing the death of a fetus. 2. An

intentionally induced miscarriage. — Also spelled foeticide. — Also termed child destruction. Cf.

INFANTICIDE (1). — feticidal,adj.[Blacks Law 8th]