Pregnancy loss is the loss of an embryo or fetus. The terms
early pregnancy loss
Early pregnancy loss is a medical term that when referring to humans can variously be used to mean:
* Death of an embryo or fetus during the first trimester. This can happen by implantation failure, miscarriage, embryo resorption, early fetal ...
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late pregnancy loss are often used but there is no consensus over their definitions.
Unintentional pregnancy loss
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Miscarriage
Miscarriage, also known in medical terms as a spontaneous abortion, is an end to pregnancy resulting in the loss and expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the womb before it can fetal viability, survive independently. Miscarriage before 6 weeks ...
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Toxic abortion, caused by pollution or chemical exposures
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Implantation failure
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Molar pregnancy
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Embryo loss
Embryo loss (also known as embryo death) is the death of an embryo at any stage of its development which in humans, is between the second through eighth week after fertilization. Failed development of an embryo often results in the disintegration ...
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Fetal resorption
Fetal resorption (also known as fetus resorption) is the disintegration and assimilation of one or more fetuses in the uterus at any stage after the completion of organogenesis, which, in humans, is after the ninth week of gestation. Before organog ...
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Blighted ovum
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Vanishing twin
A vanishing twin, also known as twin resorption, is a fetus in a multigestation pregnancy that dies '' in utero ''and is then partially or completely reabsorbed. In some instances, the dead twin is compressed into a flattened, parchment-like st ...
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Stillbirth
Stillbirth is typically defined as fetus, fetal death at or after 20 or 28 weeks of pregnancy, depending on the source. It results in a baby born without vital signs, signs of life. A stillbirth can often result in the feeling of guilt (emotio ...
Pregnancy loss through termination
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Foeticide
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Abortion
Abortion is the early termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. Abortions that occur without intervention are known as miscarriages or "spontaneous abortions", and occur in roughly 30–40% of all pregnan ...
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Selective reduction to reduce the number of fetuses in a multiple pregnancy
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Hysterotomy abortion, a surgical abortion of a non-viable fetus performed similar to a cesarean section
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Late-term abortion
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Self-induced abortion
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Sex-selective abortion
Sex-selective abortion is the practice of terminating a pregnancy based upon the predicted sex of the infant. As the practice overwhelmingly targets female fetuses, sex-selective abortion often specifically refers to female-selective abortion. ...
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Forced abortion
Forced abortion is a form of reproductive coercion that refers to the act of compelling a woman to undergo termination of a pregnancy against her will or without explicit consent. Forced abortion may also be defined as coerced abortion, and may o ...
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Child destruction
Child destruction is the name of a statutory offence in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong and in some parts of Australia.
Child destruction is the crime of killing an unborn but viable foetus; that is, a child "capable of being bor ...
See also
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Pregnancy with abortive outcome
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Perinatal mortality
Perinatal mortality (PNM) is the death of a fetus or neonate and is the basis to calculate the perinatal mortality rate. ''Perinatal'' means "relating to the period starting a few weeks before birth and including the birth and a few weeks after bi ...
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Murder of pregnant women
Pregnancy-associated femicide is a form of gender-based violence involving the murder of a woman during the period of pregnancy and up to 1 year after childbirth.
Pregnancy increases the likelihood of femicide. Globally, intimate partner viole ...
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Death of a child
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