Miscarriage

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  • noun. The spontaneous, premature expulsion of a nonviable embryo or fetus from the uterus.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Bad administration; mismanagement.
  • noun. A failure of administration or management.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A going wrong; failure of a purposed result; untoward event; mischance: as. the criminal escaped by miscarriage of justice.
  • noun. A wrong or perverse course, as of conduct; improper action or behavior; misdemeanor.
  • noun. In pathology, the act of miscarrying (see miscarry, v. i., 3); properly, untimely delivery before the twenty-eighth week of gestation. See abortion, 1.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a proper or desired result or reach a destination.
  • noun. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior.
  • noun. The act of bringing forth a child before the time it is viable; a premature birth, resulting in death of the fetus; spontaneous abortion.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a natural loss of the products of conception
  • noun. failure of a plan