feticide

n. 杀害胎儿, 堕胎 [医] 杀胎, 堕胎

发音

US

词形变化

feticides 复数 feticides

别名

fetocide fetucide foeticide

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion.

    可数 不可数

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

  2. 2.

    One who kills a fetus.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

aborticide

上位词 1

induced abortion

词源

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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