| Meaning | A natural loss of the products of conception. |
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| Synonyms | spontaneous abortion, stillbirth |
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| Narrower | habitual abortion | repeated spontaneous abortion (often for no known reason) |
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| 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 |
| Broader | abortion | termination of pregnancy |
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| Opposite | live birth | The birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation) |
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| Spanish | aborto espontáneo, aborto, mortinatalidad, mortinato |
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| Catalan | avortament |
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| Verbs | miscarry | suffer a miscarriage |
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