spontaneous abortion

Examples

• All

• Spontaneous abortions occur in 1 out of 6 pregnancies; 60% of those have chromosomal abnormalities.

  Academic text (2004)

• I will learn later that spontaneous abortions of first pregnancies are extremely common, with a prevalence of as high as one in three.

  Fiction book (1997)

• A 24-year-old woman had a spontaneous abortion, followed by heavy and irregular periods.

  Academic text (1992)

• I have often seen the words "spontaneous abortion" used to describe the miscarriage of our baby at 16 weeks gestation.

  Blog text (20)

• 8 months after a spontaneous abortion, this 30-year-old woman noticed intermittent chest pains.

  Academic text (1992)

• Pregnant women represent a unique subgroup for whom continued smoking is associated with multiple immediate adverse outcomes, including increased risk of ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, preterm delivery, low birth weight, and perinatal mortality.

  Academic text (2012)

• Infections during pregnancy can result in spontaneous abortion or characteristic congenital defects, such as chorioretinitis, microcephaly or macrocephaly, and hydrocephalus (18).

  Academic text (2014)

• Up to one-third of all wanted pregnancies end in spontaneous abortion in the first trimester.

• A 24-year-old woman experienced a spontaneous abortion after several weeks of pregnancy.

• Sadly, she suffered a spontaneous abortion, which left her heartbroken.

Synonyms

M

miscarriage

vsspontaneous abortion

• Specialized

68 5.8

Loss of a pregnancy before the baby can live outside the mother's body

is the same event named with a different more clinical label

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology