Stillbirths

still·birth (st

bûrth

)

1. The birth of a dead child or fetus.

2. A child or fetus dead at birth.

stillbirth [ˈstɪlˌbɜːθ]

1. (Medicine / Pathology) birth of a dead fetus or baby

2. (Medicine / Pathology) a stillborn fetus or baby

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Noun

stillbirth - a natural loss of the products of conception

spontaneous abortion, miscarriage

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

live birth - the birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation)

Translations

stillbirth [ˈstɪlˌbɜːθ] N → mortinato m

stillbirth [ˈstɪlbɜː^rθ] n → mortinaissance f, naissance f d'un enfant mort-né

stillbirth [ˈstɪlˌbɜːθ] n → bambino/a nato/a morto/a

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abortion
habitual abortion
imminent abortion
incomplete abortion
live birth
miscarriage
partial abortion
spontaneous abortion
Still
threatened abortion

Despite claims from the Department of Health that there had been an increase in midwives and consultant obstetricians, a report from the Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy, claims nearly half of all unexplained stillbirths might have been avoided with better antenatal care.

Lawyer's plea on baby death by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)

The findings, published in the BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, concluded that, contrary to findings of other recent research, the level of the mother's obesity, not a previous Caesarean section, may be a factor in stillbirths.

Impact of Caesarean sections on stillbirths researched by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

In all, 8,240 stillbirths occurred during the study period, most of them (86%) to normal-weight women.

The more obese a woman is, the greater her risk of having a stillbirth by Hollander, D. / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

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