[
US
/mɪˈskɛɹədʒ/
]
[ UK /mɪskˈæɹɪdʒ/ ]
[ UK /mɪskˈæɹɪdʒ/ ]
NOUN
- a natural loss of the products of conception
- failure of a plan
How To Use miscarriage In A Sentence
- Our study was powered primarily to look at the influence of bacterial vaginosis rather than chlamydial infection on miscarriage.
- They were found to have presided over miscarriages of justice that led to wrongful imprisonments.
- As the waiting time for getting a legally induced abortion is short, we believe that the number of spontaneous miscarriages while waiting for an abortion is low.
- Families have a specific incentive to report miscarriages, stillbirths, and infant deaths to the family planning system as this leads to authorisation for a new pregnancy.
- Four students listed miscarriages as significant losses for them.
- In one published familial case, the mother of a 46, XY boy with anorchia who also harbored a p. Val355Met mutation in NR5A1 underwent left ovariectomy and homolateral fallopian tube ablation for ovarian cysts at the age of 22 years and subsequently had two spontaneous miscarriages, an outcome that suggests impaired ovarian function. New England Journal of Medicine
- This will almost certainly be reflected in a rise in unsolved cases and more miscarriages of justice. Times, Sunday Times
- There is a definite reluctance to carry out research into possible environmental causes for miscarriages. The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food
- It also raises the prospect of more extensive prenatal screening for inherited disease, which is currently offered only to high-risk couples because of the danger of miscarriage. Times, Sunday Times
- Measles in pregnancy can cause miscarriage, premature labour or a baby with low birth weight.