Miscarriage
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What is Miscarriage?
A miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a fetus before the 20th week of pregnancy. (Pregnancy losses after the 20th week are called preterm deliveries.)
A miscarriage may also be called a "spontaneous abortion." This refers to naturally occurring events, not elective or therapeutic abortion procedures, which a woman may choose to have done.
Other terms for the early loss of pregnancy include:
- Missed abortion (a loss of pregnancy where the products of conception do not exit the body)
- Incomplete abortion (not all of the products of conception exit the body)
- Complete abortion (all of the products of conception exit the body)
- Threatened abortion (symptoms indicate a miscarriage is possible)
- Inevitable abortion (the symptoms cannot be stopped, and a miscarriage will happen)
- Infected abortion
Alternative Names:
Abortion - spontaneous; Spontaneous abortion
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