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ABORTICIDE
aborticide, feticide
(noun) the act of destroying a fetus
abortifacient, aborticide, abortion-inducing drug
(noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aborticide (countable and uncountable, plural aborticides)
The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide. [late 19th century]
An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.
Anagrams
• bacterioid
Source: Wiktionary
A*bor"ti*cide, n. Etym: [L. abortus + caedere to kill. See Abort.] (Med.)
Definition: The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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