stillbirth
stillbirth
Definition
still·birth (stil′bʉrt̸h′)
noun
- the birth of a stillborn fetus
- 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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