stillbirth
pronunciation
How to pronounce stillbirth in British English:
UK [ˈstɪlbɜ:θ]
How to pronounce stillbirth in American English:
US [ˈstɪlbɜrθ]
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- Noun:
- a natural loss of the products of conception
Word Origin
- stillbirth (n.)
- also still-birth, 1764, from still (adj.) + birth (n.).
Example
- 1. Books about grief and loss , books about healing and moving on , books specific to stillbirth .
- 2. But they found women with multiple miscarriages or stillbirth were at higher risk of heart attack .
- 3. Yet stillbirth remains one of the great unmentionable subjects , until it happens to you .
- 4. According to the stillbirth charity sands , 17 babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth every day in the uk ; one in four stillbirths remains unexplained .
- 5. A study in the journal heart suggests that women who have experienced recurrent miscarriage or had stillbirth are much more likely than those who never have the condition to suffer a heart attack or myocardial infarction in later life .