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miscarriage
Spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the twentieth week of gestation or before the fetus reaches a weight generally associated with viability. 
Grammatical category Noun
Field Fertility problems
Level of specialization High
Definition source glosario de Fertilidad
Gender relationship Yes, woman
Specific to one sex Yes
Prevalence Woman
Variants
Synonym
spontaneous abortion
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

aborto espontáneo

Valenciano

avortament espontani
Associated concepts
Type of
spontaneous abortion
Caused by
endocrine or immunological factors
infections
uterine abnormalities
embryonic or fetal chromosomal abnormalities
May cause
abdominal pain
vaginal bleeding
retained products of conception
uterine cramping
Examples
Uterine gland dysfunction has been implicated in pregnancy losses and complications such as miscarriage, pre-eclampsia, and fetal growth restriction.
Collocations
WITH ADJECTIVES
recurrent | spontaneous | consecutive | biochemical | sporadic | early miscarriage
WITH NOUNS
miscarriage rate 
WITH VERBS
prevent | have | experience a miscarriage