Stillbirth definition

Stillbirth

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WordNet

noun

(1) A natural loss of the products of conception

WiktionaryText

Noun

The birth of a dead fetus. The delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.

Usage notes

Most uses of the term stillbirth differentiate the term from miscarriage.

Quotations

1988 — Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5890

Each year, approximately a million pregnancies in the United States end in miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of the newborn child.

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