miscarriage
A failure; a mistake or error.
Other meanings
The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term.
Related words
- antimiscarriage
- delayed miscarriage
- missed miscarriage
- silent miscarriage
Example sentences
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This definition is adapted from “miscarriage” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.