infanticidal


in·fan·ti·cide

I0125300 (ĭn-făn′tĭ-sīd′)n.1. The act of killing an infant.2. The practice of killing newborn infants.3. One who kills an infant.
[Late Latin īnfanticīdium, the killing of a child and īnfanticīda, killer of a child : Latin īnfāns, īnfant-, infant; see infant + Latin -cīdium and -cīda, -cide.]
in·fan′ti·cid′al (-sīd′l) adj.