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miscarriage

Syllabification: (mis·car·riage)

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Definition of miscarriage

noun

  • 1the expulsion of a fetus from the womb before it is able to survive independently, especially spontaneously or as the result of accident:his wife had a miscarriage some pregnancies result in miscarriage
  • 2an unsuccessful outcome of something planned:the miscarriage of the project

miscarriage in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of miscarriage in the British & World English dictionary