spontaneous abortion
Americannoun
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But in her medical charts, which Joshua later obtained from the hospital, staff wrote "it appears that she is having a miscarriage," and diagnosed her as having a "complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion without complication."
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
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
To make matters worse, the medical term for a miscarriage is spontaneous abortion.
From Slate • May 24, 2022
Some delicate ladies are perpetually liable to spontaneous abortion, before the third, or after the seventh, month of gestation.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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