Prolicide
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Prolicide is the act of killing one's own offspring.[1]
It may refer to:
- Filicide
- Infanticide (killing of one's infant, 0-12 months)
- Feticide
References
See also
- Child murder
- Infanticide
- Suicide, the killing of one's self
- Other familial killing terms:
- Avunculicide, the killing of one's uncle
- Fratricide, the killing of one's brother
- Mariticide, the killing of one's husband
- Matricide, the killing of one's mother
- Nepoticide, the killing of one's nephew
- Parricide, the killing of one's parents or another close relative
- Patricide, the killing of one's father
- Sororicide, the killing of one's sister
- Uxoricide, the killing of one's wife