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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
stillbirth
noun
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▪ After a long pause, she nodded and the story emerged of a stillbirth she had experienced in her early twenties.
▪ Danger, suspense, pregnancy, stillbirths, and nuclear dangers combine in this story set in a small rural town.
▪ Daughters, too, are born after their parents have endured stillbirths.
▪ For women who've had previous miscarriages, abortions or stillbirths, anxiety can be particularly acute.
▪ It causes many complications, including small placenta size, stillbirth and low birthweight.
▪ The long, arduous journey to Bethlehem could have resulted in a miscarriage or stillbirth.
▪ Then you hear a rumour: a woman in the next ward has had a stillbirth.
▪ Thus, these clever devices are curious stillbirths in our genealogy of automation.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stillbirth

Stillbirth \Still"birth`\, n.

  1. The birth of a dead fetus.

  2. a fetus which was born dead.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stillbirth

also still-birth, 1764, from still (adj.) + birth (n.).

Wiktionary
stillbirth

n. The birth of a dead fetus. The delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.

WordNet
stillbirth

n. a natural loss of the products of conception [syn: spontaneous abortion, miscarriage] [ant: live birth]

Wikipedia
Stillbirth

Stillbirth is often defined as fetal death after 24 weeks of gestation, but a fetus greater than any combination of 16, 20, 22, 24, or 28 weeks gestational age and 350g, 400g, 500g, or 1000g birth weight may be considered stillborn depending on local law. Once the fetus has died, the mother may or may not have contractions and undergo childbirth or in some cases, a Caesarean section. Most stillbirths occur in full-term pregnancies. The cause is often unknown.

In the U.S., the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 specifies that any breathing, heartbeat, pulsating umbilical cord, or confirmed voluntary muscle movement indicate live birth rather than stillbirth.

The term is often used in distinction to live birth (the baby was born alive, even if it died shortly thereafter) or miscarriage (early pregnancy loss). The word miscarriage is often used incorrectly to describe stillbirths.

Stillbirth (album)

Darkwave duo Oneiroid Psychosis released their debut album, Stillbirth, in 1995. Included were a few tracks from their previous effort, known simply as Psychosis. The album was re-released in 2003 by their new record label, COP International.

Usage examples of "stillbirth".

Beldin, Idaho State University, "A Bioanthropological Approach to the Effects of Air Quality on Human Health, with Emphasis on the Incidence of Stillbirths in Two Southeast Idaho Cities," 1978.

Fifty-five of those have been stillbirths, live births that die within hours, or preemies who aren't strong enough to stay alive, even in incubators.

Fifty-five of those have been stillbirths, live births that die within hours, or preemies who aren’t strong enough to stay alive, even in incubators.

Their efforts resulted in two additional stillbirths, followed by two lethal-trait bearers confirmed by prenatal testing.

She kills babies in the womb, causes miscarriages and stillbirths, because her jealousy over any woman who is with child is so wretched, because of the losses of her own.

They'd resulted in stillbirths and early deaths of the offspring created.