Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.

    Totgeburt

    мертворожде́ниеmertvoroždénije

    мертвонаро́дженняmertvonaródžennja

  2. (countable, uncountable)The birth of a dead fetus after 20 weeks of gestation.

More definitions
  • a natural loss of the products of conception

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Have you ever had a stillbirth?

    ruУ Вас рождался когда-либо мёртвый ребёнок? — corvard

    deHatten Sie irgendwann eine Totgeburt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Prevention of stillbirth is very difficult, as many causes of stillbirth remain either unknown or untreatable.

    deDie Prävention von Totgeburten ist sehr schwierig, da viele Ursachen dafür weiterhin entweder unbekannt oder unbehandelbar sind. — brauchinet

Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From still + birth.

From still + birth.

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Forms

plural: stillbirths

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

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