stillborn infant
- noun
- /ˈstɪlˌbɔrn ˈɪnfənt/
- Specialized
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- Parents often face emotional challenges when they lose a stillborn infant during pregnancy.
Examples
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Pregnant women exposed to the disease ran the risk of stillborn infants or deformities in their babies at birth.
Blog text (7) -
One of her jobs is to assist parents in dealing with the loss of newborn and stillborn infants.
Academic text (1997) -
Parents of stillborn infants or infants who die at birth are also given a "trinket box" that can contain any number of items: a footprint of the baby or fetus, a lock of hair, a photograph of the baby, or perhaps a bracelet that the mother had intended for the baby to wear home.
Academic text (1997) -
Many hospitals provide support groups for families who have experienced a stillborn infant.
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After the loss of her stillborn infant, she found comfort in talking to other parents who understood her grief.
Synonyms
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A baby born with no signs of life
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Morphology
The adjective 'stillborn' literally means 'born without signs of life' and 'infant' means a baby; the combined phrase straightforwardly denotes 'a baby born dead.' This composition is directly derivable from the constituents (and parallels exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the parts will understand it.
Etymology
Stillborn infant comes from the simple image of a baby who is 'still' at birth. The words still and born show the baby was born not moving or alive, so the phrase means 'an infant who is born without signs of life'.