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MISCARRIAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A natural loss of the products of conception
Synonyms:
miscarriage; spontaneous abortion; stillbirth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("miscarriage" is a kind of...):
abortion (termination of pregnancy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "miscarriage"):
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)
Derivation:
miscarry (suffer a miscarriage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Failure of a plan
Synonyms:
abortion; miscarriage
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("miscarriage" is a kind of...):
failure (an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose)
Derivation:
miscarry (be unsuccessful)
Context examples:
If a woman keeps having miscarriages, it is also called infertility.
(Female Infertility, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)
Major health problems from heroin include miscarriages, heart infections, and death from overdose.
(Heroin, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Products of conception expelled or removed upon miscarriage or termination of a pregnancy.
(Abortus, NCI Thesaurus)
An abnormality that refers to mutation of factor V Leiden, which is a variant of human factor V. It results in thrombophilia, deep vein thrombosis, and a slightly increased risk of miscarriage.
(Factor V Leiden Mutation, NCI Thesaurus)
There are many different causes for a miscarriage.
(Miscarriage, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Of the 344 pregnancies, 98 ended in miscarriage, or 28 percent.
(Couples’ pre-pregnancy caffeine consumption linked to miscarriage risk, NIH)
The increased risk of coronary heart disease and heart failure found in women with prior pregnancies, but no live born children, may reflect the increased risk previously identified after a history of miscarriage.
(Pregnancy losses and large numbers of children linked with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, University of Cambridge)
Many women who have a miscarriage go on to have healthy babies.
(Miscarriage, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Vitamin B6 and folic acid, included in preconception and pregnancy vitamin formulations, can reduce miscarriage risk.
(Couples’ pre-pregnancy caffeine consumption linked to miscarriage risk, NIH)
Factors that may contribute to miscarriage include: • A genetic problem with the fetus • Problems with the uterus or cervix • Polycystic ovary syndrome
(Miscarriage, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
