spontaneous abortion

American  

noun

1. miscarriage.

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spontaneous abortion Scientific  

/ spŏn-tā′nē-əs /

1. See miscarriage

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spontaneous abortion Cultural  

1. A miscarriage or stillbirth. (See abortion.)(see also abortion.)

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Example Sentences

The doctor also said she wouldn't refer Joshua somewhere else for miscarriage treatment, Joshua recalled, or give her discharge papers stating she was having a miscarriage, known in medical terminology as a spontaneous abortion.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2023

Usually, the immune system keeps the parasite in check, but it can cause spontaneous abortion and other serious problems during pregnancy.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 24, 2022

And a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine the same year found that the risk of spontaneous abortion after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination was consistent with the expected risk of spontaneous abortion.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2022

Toxicology researchers led by Andrei Tchernitchin of the University of Chile found enough evidence linking spontaneous abortion and a type of tear gas to convince the Chilean government to suspend tear gas use in 2011.

From Scientific American • Jul. 20, 2022

Here again it was found exceedingly difficult to obtain exact figures, but the evidence suggests that probably less than seven pregnancies in every 100 terminate in spontaneous abortion.

From Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Various Aspects of the Problem of Abortion in New Zealand by McMillan, D. G. (David Gervan)