Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Infanticide

The killing of infants at birth or soon after.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The killing of infants at birth or soon after.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Infanticides
  • Neonaticide
  • Neonaticides

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

restrict to humans: do not use for the killing of young of other primates or other animals in scientific experiments; do not use for killing of newborn or young animals by their parents ( = BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL)

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  1. I01w.198w.240w.470w.572w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Infanticide. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007237. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007237
  2. Infanticide. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanticide
  3. Infanticide. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916412