noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A failure; a mistake or error. countable, uncountable

   "for feare least blame / Of her miscarriage should in her be fond, / She wist not how t'amend, nor how it to withstond."

2. 2
   a natural loss of the products of conception wordnet
3. 3
   The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   failure of a plan wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

spontaneous abortionabortionabortionabortive attemptaccidentbirth

Example

More examples

"Miscarriage is a heart-breaking experience."

Etymology

From mis- + carriage.

Related phrases

delayed miscarriagemissed miscarriagesilent miscarriage

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