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still·birth (stilbʉrt̸h′)

noun

  1. the birth of a stillborn fetus
  2. a stillborn fetus

stillbirth Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • register: A child's father or mother has a duty to register the stillbirth.
  • cause: We came to realize that he doesn't cause stillbirth, cancer, war or poverty.
  • include: The study, of course, does not include either stillbirths or maternal deaths.
  • have: Women who have stillbirths have all the rights they would have had had their baby been born alive.
  • experience: You can also get advice for parents who have experienced a stillbirth in our parents section.
  • follow: Following a stillbirth, she had been told that she could not bear children.

Adjective modifier

  • unexplained: Raised bile acids have also been reported in 5 % of unexplained stillbirths.

Modifies a noun

  • definition: Stillbirth definition and early fetal deaths The official stillbirth definition is: fetal death after 24 completed weeks.
  • rate: The reasons for the recent lack of substantive decline in stillbirth rates are unknown.
  • registration: Stillbirth registration began on 1 July 1927 to help protect infant life.
  • register: The registrar will enter the baby's birth in a special stillbirth register.
  • certificate: Stillbirth certificates can only be obtained from the General Register Office in Southport.
  • case: In up to 50 % of stillbirth cases, a cause for death is never fully determined.

Preposition: by

  • sex: Table VS1 has counts of births and stillbirths by sex, within and outside marriage.

Noun used with modifier

  • antepartum: Deaths due to congenital abnormalities and antepartum stillbirths were excluded from the mortality rates.

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