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stillbirth::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | miscarriage, spontaneous abortion |
| Type of | abortion |
| Has types | habitual abortion, imminent abortion, incomplete abortion, partial abortion, threatened abortion |
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In pregnant women, the illness can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth or infection.
From the stltoday.com
According to the World Health Organisation, stillbirth is seriously underfunded.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Risk of stillbirth at extremes of birth weight between 20 to 41 weeks gestation.
From the sciencedaily.com
Adding to parental devastation is the usual mystery of why a stillbirth occurred.
From the stltoday.com
Reduced fetal movement is one of the most common symptoms seen before stillbirth.
From the scoop.co.nz
Extreme prematurity is the leading risk factor for stillbirth and neonatal death.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Six earlier pregnancies ended in stillbirth or the death of the child in infancy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It can also lead to miscarriage, premature birth, or stillbirth in pregnant women.
From the abcnews.go.com
I had a stillbirth in 1987 and its the most awful thing to have to go through.
From the bbc.co.uk
- Spontaneous abortion: a natural loss of the products of conception
- A stillbirth occurs when a fetus has died in the uterus, during labor or delivery. The term is often used in distinction to live birth or miscarriage. Most stillbirths occur in full term pregnancies.
- Darkwave duo Oneiroid Psychosis released their debut album, Stillbirth, in 1995. Included were a few tracks from their previous effort, known simply as Psychosis. The album was re-released in 2003 by their new record label, COP International.
- The birth of a dead fetus. The delivery of an infant which is dead at birth
- A birth in which the fetus does not exhibit any signs of life when completely removed or expelled from the birth canal at or above 20 completed weeks of gestation. Stillbirths are counted as birth events (e.g. a twin or triplet stillbirth is counted as one birth event.
- Delivery of a dead fetus after 28 weeks' gestation.
- The death of a foetus between the twentieth week of gestation and birth.
- A fetal death in late pregnancy. At what gestational age (point in pregnancy) a miscarriage becomes a stillbirth for reporting purposes depends on the country's policy.
- Stillbirth refers to the birth of a dead fetus weighing more than 1,000 grams up to 0.25 years (13 weeks) prior to the expected time of birth (corresponding to 27 weeks of gestational age).
