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Article: Miscarriage
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- Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
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Miscarriage
Miscarriage, or in medical terminology spontaneous abortion, is the termination of a pregnancy from natural causes before the time the fetus can survive for even a few minutes outside the uterus. (Induced abortion is the term used for those expulsions of an embryo or fetus that are artificially induced by mechanical means or drugs.) Miscarriage generally occurs before the twentieth week of pregnancy. A fetus born dead from natural causes after twenty weeks is called stillborn. Perhaps 50 to 78 percent of all fertilized eggs spontaneously abort. Only about 10 to 15 percent of the time are women aware that they have miscarried. Spontaneous abortions often seem to be functional ...
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