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noun
An impending spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) indicated by bleeding and pain along with an effaced cervix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the appearance of symptoms that signal the impending loss of the products of conception
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: threatened abortion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth
History
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