missed abortion

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /mɪst əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/

Noun

missed abortion (plural missed abortions)

1. (medicine) A miscarriage where the products of that miscarriage are not expelled.

Synonyms

• delayed miscarriage
• early fetal demise
• missed miscarriage
• overdue abortion
• prolonged abortion
• silent miscarriage

Translations

miscarriage where the products of that miscarriage are not expelled

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 稽留流產／稽留流产 (zh) (jīliú liúchǎn)

• Finnish: keskenmeno, jossa sikiö jää kohtuun
• Russian: несостоя́вшийся вы́кидыш m (nesostojávšijsja výkidyš)

References

• Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 7