infanticide
noun
[ ɪnˈfantɪsʌɪd ]
• the crime of a mother killing her child within a year of birth.
• "cases of infanticide often involve extreme emotional disturbance"
• a person who kills an infant, especially their own child.
Origin:
mid 17th century: via French from late Latin infanticidium, from Latin infant- (see infant) + -cidium (see -cide).
