[ proh-luh-sahyd ]

Etymology
Latin proles (“offspring”) + caedere (“kill”). Equivalent to +‎ -cide.

Prolicide (countable and uncountable, plural prolicides)

- (uncountable) The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.
- (countable) One who commits prolicide.

See also
filicide, infanticide, neonaticide; abortion