"miscarriage" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: failure - an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose

same as: abortion
is a type of: abortion - termination of pregnancy
subtypes:
- habitual abortion - repeated spontaneous abortion (often for no known reason)
- 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
same as: spontaneous abortion, stillbirth