miscarriage
11miscarriage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ early ▪ threatened ▪ spontaneous ▪ recurrent VERB + MISCARRIAGE ▪ have …
12miscarriage — n. abortion 1) to have a miscarriage failure 2) a gross miscarriage (of justice) * * * [ˌmɪs kærɪdʒ] [ abortion ] to have a miscarriage [ failure ] a gross miscarriage (of justice) …
13miscarriage — UK [ˈmɪskærɪdʒ] / US [mɪsˈkerɪdʒ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms miscarriage : singular miscarriage plural miscarriages the process of giving birth to a baby before it has developed enough to live One in six pregnancies ends in… …
14miscarriage — mis|car|riage [ˌmısˈkærıdʒ, ˈmıskærıdʒ] n [U and C] if a woman who is going to have a baby has a miscarriage, she gives birth before the baby is properly formed and it dies →↑abortion, stillbirth ↑stillbirth ▪ She had two miscarriages before she… …
15miscarriage — mis|car|riage [ mıs kerıdʒ ] noun count or uncount the process of giving birth to a baby before it has developed enough to live: One in six pregnancies ends in miscarriage. have/suffer a miscarriage …
16miscarriage — noun (C, U) the act of accidentally giving birth too early for the baby to live: have a miscarriage: Unfortunately, she had a miscarriage at four months. compare abortion, stillbirth …
17miscarriage — noun 1) she s had a miscarriage Syn: stillbirth, spontaneous abortion 2) the miscarriage of the project Syn: failure, foundering, ruin, ruination, collapse, breakdown, thwarting, frustration, undoing …
18miscarriage — /mɪsˈkærɪdʒ / (say mis karij), /ˈmɪskærɪdʒ / (say miskarij) noun 1. failure to attain the right or desired result: a miscarriage of justice; *the miscarriage of yet another ill planned scheme was a staggering blow to them. –patsy adam smith, 1978 …
19miscarriage — noun /ˈmɪs.kɛɹ.ədʒ,ˈmɪs.kæɹ.ədʒ/ a) A failure; a mistake or error. for feare least blame / Of her miscarriage should in her be fond, / She wist not how tamend, nor how it to withstond. b) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy; …
20Miscarriage — Inadvertent loss of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable. A considerable proportion of pregnancies end in miscarriage. Also called a * * * Spontaneous expulsion of the products of pregnancy before the middle of the second trimester. SYN:… …
