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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

miscarriage Synonyms

miscarriage

n.

  1. Failure

    malfunction, defeat, mistake; see failure 1.

  2. A too premature delivery

    unnatural birth, untimely delivery, birth interruption; see abortion 1.

miscarriage Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • procure: Sections 199-201 of the WA Criminal Code prohibited anything done ' unlawfully ' with intent to procure a miscarriage.
  • suffer: Of the 252 women who were exposed to a maximum field below the critical level, 27 suffered a miscarriage.
  • threaten: Threatened miscarriage - this is used to describe bleeding in early pregnancy, where the cervix is found to be tightly closed.
  • investigate: In 1998, he was awarded the RTS Special Award for his career in investigating miscarriages of justice.
  • induce: However, she also secretly visits women and helps them induce miscarriages for unwanted pregnancies.
  • prevent: In the vast majority of cases, there is no way of preventing a miscarriage.

Adjective modifier

  • recurrent: In cases of recurrent miscarriage, for example, giving aspirin alone has dramatically improved success rates.
  • alleged: The list of alleged miscarriages of justice going to Appeal gets longer on a daily basis.
  • unexplained: This was in addition to the percentage for unexplained miscarriages.
  • suspected: Responsible for investigating suspected miscarriages of criminal justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
  • notorious: The case was a notorious miscarriage of justice in Scotland.

Modifies a noun

  • clinic: Setting: The prepregnancy clinic and miscarriage antenatal clinic in a tertiary referral center.
  • phenomenon: But, they represent only a minute part of England and Wales ' miscarriage phenomenon.
  • rate: Assume from the figures below an overall miscarriage rate of about 10 % .

Noun used with modifier

  • trimester: Higher levels of endogenous interferon gamma were found in women with recurrent first trimester miscarriage compared to women with normal pregnancy.

Preposition: in

  • trimester: The presence of bacterial vaginosis or normal vaginal flora, and the rate of conception and miscarriage in the first trimester.

Preposition: of

  • justice: Some victims of miscarriage of justice will have spent 20 months in prison whilst some will have spent 20 years.
  • victim: There is also the question of how miscarriage of justice victims use the money.
  • case: In the celebrated miscarriage of justice cases, the police claimed they had got the right people for the crimes.
miscarriage Quotes

It is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life†to be exposed to censure, without hope of praise; to be disgraced by miscarriage or punished for neglect† Among these unhappy mortals isthe writer of dictionaries† Every other author mayaspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave; and success 442 and miscarriage are empty sounds.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson