STILLBIRTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stillbirth mean? 

• STILLBIRTH (noun)
  The noun STILLBIRTH has 1 sense:

1. a natural loss of the products of conception

  Familiarity information: STILLBIRTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STILLBIRTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A natural loss of the products of conception

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

miscarriage; spontaneous abortion; stillbirth

Hypernyms ("stillbirth" is a kind of...):

abortion (termination of pregnancy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stillbirth"):

habitual abortion (repeated spontaneous abortion (often for no known reason))

imminent abortion; threatened abortion (the appearance of symptoms that signal the impending loss of the products of conception)

incomplete abortion; partial abortion (termination of pregnancy without expulsion of all of the products of conception)

Antonym:

live birth (the birth of a living fetus (regardless of the length of gestation))

 Context examples 

Both conditions increase the risk for stroke in the mother and for stillbirth, preterm birth and low birth weight.

(Elevated blood pressure in first trimester increases risk for blood pressure disorder later in pregnancy, National Institutes of Health)

Previous studies have linked exposure to common air pollutants in pregnancy to low birthweight, preterm birth and stillbirth.

(Kids living near major roads at higher risk of developmental delays, National Institutes of Health)

If a woman can get pregnant but keeps having miscarriages or stillbirths, that's also called infertility.

(Infertility, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Her team previously found that ozone increased the risk of stillbirth.

(Air pollution exposure in early pregnancy linked to miscarriage, National Institutes of Health)

These include preeclampsia - raised blood pressure in the mother during pregnancy, gestational diabetes, stillbirth and fetal growth restriction.

(Placenta changes could mean male offspring of older mums more likely to develop heart problems in later life, University of Cambridge)