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stillbirth

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The birth of a dead fetus after 20 weeks of gestation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a natural loss of the products of conception

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spontaneous abortion, miscarriage

Antonyms: live birth

Broader terms: abortion

Narrower terms: habitual abortion, imminent abortion, threatened abortion, incomplete abortion, partial abortion

History

Etymology

From still + birth.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: мъртво раждане (mǎrtvo raždane) — birth of a dead fetus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 死胎 (sǐtāi) — birth of a dead fetus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 死產 /死产 (sǐchǎn) — birth of a dead fetus
  • Danish: dødsfødsel — birth of a dead fetus
  • Dutch: doodgeboorte — birth of a dead fetus
  • Finnish: kuolleena syntyminen — birth of a dead fetus
  • French: mortinaissance — birth of a dead fetus
  • French: mortinatalité — birth of a dead fetus
  • German: Totgeburt — birth of a dead fetus
  • Greek: θνησιγένεια (thnisigéneia) — birth of a dead fetus
  • Hungarian: halvaszületés — birth of a dead fetus
  • Hungarian: halvaszülés — birth of a dead fetus
  • Icelandic: andvana fæðing — birth of a dead fetus
  • Italian: mortinatalità — birth of a dead fetus
  • Japanese: 死産 (shizan) — birth of a dead fetus
  • Korean: 사산 (sasan) — birth of a dead fetus
  • Latin: mortinatalitas — birth of a dead fetus
  • Latin: partus mortuus — birth of a dead fetus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dødfødsel — birth of a dead fetus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dødfødsel — birth of a dead fetus
  • Portuguese: mortinatalidade — birth of a dead fetus
  • Portuguese: morte fetal — birth of a dead fetus
  • Russian: мертворожде́ние (mertvoroždénije) — birth of a dead fetus
  • Serbo-Croatian: mrtvorođenje — birth of a dead fetus
  • Spanish: parto muerto — birth of a dead fetus
  • Spanish: mortinato — birth of a dead fetus
  • Spanish: mortinatalidad — birth of a dead fetus
  • Turkish: ölü doğum — birth of a dead fetus
  • Ukrainian: мертвонаро́дження (mertvonaródžennja) — birth of a dead fetus