aborticide

aborticide

(əˈbɔːtɪˌsaɪd)

n

1. the killing of an unborn fetus

2. med another word for abortifacient

aborticide

1. destruction of a fetus. Also called feticide.
2. that which produces an abortion; an abortifacient

See also: Abortion

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	aborticide - a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug abortion pill, mifepristone, RU 486 - an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU_486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo drug - a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
	2.	aborticide - the act of destroying a fetus   feticide induced abortion - a deliberate termination of pregnancy