MISCARRIAGE


Meaning of MISCARRIAGE in English

mis ‧ car ‧ riage /ˌmɪsˈkærɪdʒ, ˈmɪskærɪdʒ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]

if a woman who is going to have a baby has a miscarriage, she gives birth before the baby is properly formed and it dies ⇨ abortion , stillbirth :

She had two miscarriages before she had her first child.

One in five pregnancies ends in miscarriage.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.