miscarriage

noun
/ˈmɪskaɹɪd͡ʒ/UK/ˈmɪs.kæɹ.əd͡ʒ/US

Etymology

From mis- + carriage.

  1. derived from cariage
  2. inherited from cariage
  3. prefixed as miscarriage — “mis + carriage

Definitions

  1. A failure

    A failure; a mistake or error.

    • for feare least blame / Of her miscarriage should in her be fond, / She wist not how t'amend, nor how it to withstond.
  2. The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable

    The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for miscarriage. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA