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miscarriage

Spontaneous expulsion of a fetus from the womb before it is capable of independent survival. Miscarriage is believed to occur in 15% of pregnancies, often at such an early stage as to go unnoticed. Possible causes include fetal abnormality, abnormality of the uterus or cervix, infection, shock, underactive thyroid, and drug and alcohol use. The risk of miscarriage increases dramatically with age, from 5% for women under 30 to 50% for women in their mid-40s.



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Monsieur Stangerson was loud in his denunciation of this miscarriage of justice.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
The circumstances which may have led to any national miscarriage or misfortune are sometimes so complicated that, where there are a number of actors who may have had different degrees and kinds of agency, though we may clearly see upon the whole that there has been mismanagement, yet it may be impracticable to pronounce to whose account the evil which may have been incurred is truly chargeable.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
Often and often has the Iron Heel been dumbfounded by the miscarriage of its plans and operations against us.
The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context
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