miscarriage

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miscarriage

  • /ˈmɪskaɹɪd͡ʒ/ UK
  • /ˈmɪs.kæɹ.əd͡ʒ/ US
  • /ˈmɪs.kɛɹ.əd͡ʒ/ US

noun miscarriages

  1. countable, uncountable A failure; a mistake or error. for feare least blame / Of her miscarriage should in her be fond, / She wist not how t'amend, nor how it to withstond.
  2. countable, uncountable The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. Susan Billig had suffered four miscarriages before giving birth to her firstborn daughter, Amy[…] .

    Similar: pregnancy loss, spontaneous abortion

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Closest in meaning: spontaneous abortion, abortion, stillbirth, aborted, dysfunction, layer, projection, diaper, malfunctioning, malfunction, failure, deniability, failed, error, spontaneous, mistake

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noun natural termination of pregnancy

Españolaborto, aborto espontáneo, aborto natural, aborto involuntario
한국어유산 yusan
日本語流産 ryūzan, 失敗 shippai
中文流產 /流产 liúchǎn, 小產 /小产 xiǎochǎn, 自然流產 /自然流产 zìrán liúchǎn
हिन्दीगर्भस्राव garbhasrāv
Kiswahilimimba kuharibika
Portuguêsaborto, aborto espontâneo
Françaisfausse couche
DeutschFehlgeburt
Italianoaborto
Ελληνικάαποβολή apovolí
Românăavort
Русскийвы́кидыш výkidyš
Tiếng Việtsự sẩy thai
العربيةإِجْهَاض ʔijhāḍ, إِخْفَاق ʔiḵfāq, خَسَارَة ḵasāra, سقوط الجنين suqūṭ al-janīn
עבריתהַפָּלָה hapalá

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@misc{miscarriage_2026,
  title = {miscarriage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/miscarriage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}