stillbirth en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From still + birth.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.
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(countable, uncountable) The birth of a dead fetus after 20 weeks of gestation.
Each year, approximately a million pregnancies in the United States end in miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of the newborn child.
1988, Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5890:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| still-birth | alternative | lexicographic | |
| stillbirths | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
coffin birth · stillborn · death · jellyfish baby · livebirth · maternal death
Translations (29)
la partus mortuus (birth of a dead fetus) · hu halvaszületés (birth of a dead fetus) · nn dødfødsel (birth of a dead fetus) · it mortinatalità (birth of a dead fetus) · fi kuolleena syntyminen (birth of a dead fetus) · bg мъртво раждане (birth of a dead fetus) · pt morte fetal (birth of a dead fetus) · cmn 死胎 (birth of a dead fetus) · uk мертвонаро́дження (birth of a dead fetus) · sh mrtvorođenje (birth of a dead fetus) · es parto muerto (birth of a dead fetus) · hu halvaszülés (birth of a dead fetus) · is andvana fæðing (birth of a dead fetus) · tr ölü doğum (birth of a dead fetus) · nl doodgeboorte (birth of a dead fetus) · da dødsfødsel (birth of a dead fetus) · fr mortinaissance (birth of a dead fetus) · ru мертворожде́ние (birth of a dead fetus) · pt mortinatalidade (birth of a dead fetus) · la mortinatalitas (birth of a dead fetus) · ja 死産 (birth of a dead fetus) · nb dødfødsel (birth of a dead fetus) · fr mortinatalité (birth of a dead fetus) · ko 사산 (birth of a dead fetus) · cmn 死產 /死产 (birth of a dead fetus) · el θνησιγένεια (birth of a dead fetus) · es mortinato (birth of a dead fetus) · de Totgeburt (birth of a dead fetus) · es mortinatalidad (birth of a dead fetus)