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infanticide
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.infanticide (ɪnˈfæntɪˌsaɪd) n1. the killing of an infant2. the practice of killing newborn infants, still prevalent in some primitive tribes3. a person who kills an infant inˌfantiˈcidal adjin•fan•ti•cide (ɪnˈfæn təˌsaɪd)
n. 1. the act of killing an infant. 2. a person who kills an infant. [1650–60; < Late Latin] in•fan`ti•cid′al, adj. infanticide1. the murder of infants.
2. a person who kills infants. — infanticidal, adj.See also: KillingThesaurus| Noun | 1. | infanticide - a person who murders an infantliquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | | 2. | infanticide - murdering an infantmurder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being |
Translationsinfanticide
infanticide (ĭnfăn`təsīd) [Lat.,=child murder], the putting to death of the newborn with the consent of the parent, family, or community. Infanticide often occurs among peoples whose food supply is insecure (e.g., the Chinese and the Eskimo). Female infanticide was common in some traditional patriarchal societies. In certain societies children who are deformed or are believed tainted by evil (e.g., twins) may be slain at birth. In Greece and ancient Rome a child was virtually its father's chattel—e.g., in Roman law, the Patria Potestas granted the father the right to dispose of his offspring as he saw fit. In Sparta the decision was made by a public official. Child sacrifice occurs in many traditional societies for religious reasons, but human sacrificial victims were generally appreciated members of society, unlike victims of infanticide, who were devalued. Christianity, like Islam and Judaism, condemns infanticide as murder, and in all countries the act is a crime. If infanticide served as a means of limiting family size, as many anthropologists believe, then the introduction of contraceptives, abortion, and other methods of population control may have rendered it obsolete.infanticide - the killing of infants soon after they are born. Several reasons have been identified for the practice of infanticide, especially in nonindustrial societies:
- a means of population control, particularly in times of trouble such as FAMINE or war;
- a means of eliminating children with undesirable or unacceptable characteristics, such as disabled or sick children. Plato proposed infanticide as an ideal, and the infanticide of ‘defective’ children was practised in Sparta;
- a means of eliminating children whose birth is considered TABOO, such as breech births and twins;
- a means of reinforcing patriarchal values and behaviour; in many nonindustrial societies it was the practice to kill, or allow to die, many more girls than boys.
- (in English law) the manslaughter of a child under the age of 12 months by the child's mother, according to the Infanticide Act of 1938.
InfanticideInfertility (See BARRENNESS.)Infidelity (See ADULTERY, CUCKOLDRY, FAITHLESSNESS.)AstyanaxHector’s infant son, thrown from the walls of Troy by the Greeks. [Gk. Myth.: Hamilton, 289]Cronoswarned that a son would dethrone him, swallowed all his children at birth. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 237]Sorrel, Hettyleaves her illegitimate infant to die. [Br. Lit.: Eliot Adam Bede]infanticide
in·fan·ti·cide (in-fan'ti-sīd), 1. The killing of an infant. 2. One who murders an infant. [infant + L. caedo, to kill] The active or semi-passive killing of a viable conceptus at greater than 20 weeks of gestation, which has breathed spontaneouslyinfanticide Forensic medicine The active or semi-passive killing of a viable conceptus > 20 gestational wks, which breathes spontaneously. See Battered child syndrome, Child abuse. Cf Stillbirth. Infanticide, diagnosis of
'Hard' criteria • Comparison of gastric fluid composition with that of a toilet bowel-active drowning • Peural surfaces with petechiae Seen in induced suffocation, most significant when coupled with hematomas and petechiae on the mouth and epiglottis; the lingual frenulum may be torn and the lips bruised, indicating active attempts to suffocate infant. • Lungs Stillbirth lungs are not aerated and do not float • Edematous foam on nostrils An indicator of active breathing • Meconium Resuscitation of a true stillborn may push meconium into the perianal region, but extensive staining of the placenta and umbilical cord is due to antenatal stress 'Soft' criteria • Denial of pregnancy If the woman is obese or a dullard, she may not know she was pregnant • Rigor mortis A finding that is poorly appreciated in neonates • Impression of the body in soil, blood, or fomites, requiring diligent and timely scene investigation • Maceration of skin A finding typical of stillbirth • Putrefaction Stillborns do not putrefy as they have sterile bowels • Umbilical cord A cut cord indicates active intervention-time undetermined; an intact cord is consistent with stillbirth • Determination of age Viability, most fetuses born before 18 wks of gestation die despite resuscitative efforts, age is determined by skeletal dating, antenatal studies corroborating fetal death, eg Spaulding sign of in utero death characterized by overlapping cranial bones
in·fan·ti·cide (in-fan'ti-sīd) 1. The killing of an infant. 2. One who murders an infant. [infant + L. caedo, to kill]infanticide Killing of an infant.Infanticide
INFANTICIDE, med. juris. The murder of a new born infant, Dalloz, Dict. Homicide, Sec. 4; Code Penal, 300. There is a difference between this offence and those known by the name of prolicide, (q.v.) and foeticide.(q.v.)
2. To commit infanticide the child must be wholly born; it is not. Sufficient that it was born so far as the head and breathed, if it died before it was wholly born. 5 Carr. & Payn. 329; 24 Eng. C. L. Rep. 344; S. C. 6 Carr: & Payn. 349; S. C. 25 Eng. C. L. Rep. 433.
3. When this crime is to be proved from circumstances, it is proper to consider whether the child had attained that size and maturity by which it would have been enabled to maintain an independent existence; whether it was born alive; and, if born alive, by what means it came to its death. 1 Beck's Med. Jur. 331 to 428, where these several questions are learnedly considered. See also 1 Briand, Med Leg. prem. part. c. 8 Cooper's Med. Jur. h.t. Vide Ryan's Med. Jur. 137; Med. Jur. 145, 194; Dr. Cummin's Proof of Infanticide considered Lecieux, Considerations Medico-legales sur l'Infanticide; Duvergie, Medicine Legale, art. Infanticide. AcronymsSee1140infanticide
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