stillbirth

noun

Etymology

From still + birth.

  1. derived from *bʰértis
  2. derived from *burdiz
  3. derived from burðr
  4. inherited from birthe
  5. compounded as stillbirth — “still + birth

Definitions

  1. The birth of a dead fetus

    The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.

  2. 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.

The neighborhood

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