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chemical pregnancy

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noun

Medicine/Medical.

  1. a pregnancy that is confirmed by a pregnancy test but not by clinical signs and terminates before clinical signs can be observed.

  2. pregnancy resulting from in vitro fertilization or another medical technique.

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A few months after the first loss, I had another clinical miscarriage, and then a chemical pregnancy a few months after that.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2022

The first was an early pregnancy test, followed by a late and long period, that's known as a chemical pregnancy.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2021

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