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stillbirths

stillbirths is the plural of stillbirth.

Meaning of stillbirth

Noun

stillbirth (countable and uncountable, plural stillbirths)

  1. The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.
  2. The birth of a dead fetus after 20 weeks of gestation.
    • Each year, approximately a million pregnancies in the United States end in miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of the newborn child.1988, Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5890

Questions about stillbirths

What is stillbirths the plural of?
Stillbirths is the plural of stillbirth.

Words near stillbirths in the dictionary

  1. stillatitious
  2. stillatories
  3. stillatory
  4. Stillbay
  5. stillbirth
  6. stillbirths
  7. stillborn
  8. stillborns
  9. Stille reaction
  10. Stille reactions
  11. stilled

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