Abortion Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Abortion Information and Meaning

See also BIRTH; PREGNANCY

aborticide

1. destruction of a fetus. Also called feticide.

2. that which produces an abortion; an abortifacient

abortifacient

Cf. aborticide, 2.

feticide, foeticide

the killing of a fetus; especially illegal abortion. Also called aborticide. —feticidal, foeticidal, adj.