stillbirth

English

noun
Definitions
  • The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.
  • (modern medicine) The birth of a dead fetus after 20 weeks of gestation.

Etymology

Compound from English still + English birth.

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English

birth

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