单词 | miscarriage |
释义 | miscarriage (once / 3881 pages) 1n 2n A miscarriage, in medical terms, is the birth of a fetus before it's able to live independently of its mother. In other words, a miscarriage is the abrupt, early end of a pregnancy. The medical sense of miscarriage, which usually describes the very early loss of a pregnancy (later losses are often called stillbirths), is actually among the newer uses of the word. In the sixteenth century, a miscarriage was almost always a "mistake or error" or sometimes "misbehavior." Today, when something doesn't go the way it was supposed to, you might call it a miscarriage. WORD FAMILYmiscarriage: miscarriages+/carriage: carriages, undercarriage/carrier: carriers/carry: carriage, carried, carrier, carries, carrying, miscarry/miscarry: miscarriage, miscarried, miscarries, miscarrying/undercarriage: undercarriages USAGE EXAMPLESHis son was too old for Mr Scully-Sloan to benefit from the help of miscarriage or stillbirth organisations. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) One miscarriage of justice, caused by one stubborn juror, would be easier to swallow if not for all the rest. Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) But after a miscarriage, on the first day of every period I'm crippled with constant back and pelvic pain, and mini contractions. BBC(Dec 06, 2016) 1 n a natural loss of the products of conception 2Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper spontaneous abortion, stillbirth live birth the birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation) habitual abortion repeated spontaneous abortion (often for no known reason) imminent abortion, threatened abortionthe appearance of symptoms that signal the impending loss of the products of conception incomplete abortion, partial abortiontermination of pregnancy without expulsion of all of the products of conception abortion termination of pregnancy n failure of a plan Syn|Hyper abortion failure an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose |
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