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miscarriage definition

mis·car·riage (mis kar′ij, mis′kar′ij)

noun

  1. failure to carry out what was intended a miscarriage of justice
  2. failure of mail, freight, etc. to reach its destination
  3. the natural expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the womb before it is sufficiently developed to survive

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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