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spontaneous abortion

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spontaneous abortion
n.

spontaneous abortion  (spn-tn-s)
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Noun1.spontaneous abortion - a natural loss of the products of conceptionspontaneous abortion - a natural loss of the products of conception
abortion - termination of pregnancy
habitual abortion - repeated spontaneous abortion (often for no known reason)
imminent abortion, threatened abortion - the appearance of symptoms that signal the impending loss of the products of conception
incomplete abortion, partial abortion - termination of pregnancy without expulsion of all of the products of conception


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The same women also answered questions about spontaneous abortions and stillbirths.
FDA May 16 issued information to health care professionals prescribing CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil) and Myfortic (mycophenolic acid) to women of childbearing potential on the increased risk of spontaneous abortion during the first trimester of their pregnancy and on an increased risk of birth defects in their infants.
Miscarriage or spontaneous abortion is the natural or spontaneous end of a pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or the fetus is incapable of surviving, generally defined in humans at a gestation of prior to 20 weeks.
 
 
 
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