miscarriage

Etymology

From mis- + carriage.

noun

  1. (now rare except in miscarriage of justice) A failure; a mistake or error.
  2. (medicine) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term.

Attribution / Disclaimer All definitions come directly from Wiktionary using the Wiktextract library. We do not edit or curate the definitions for any words, if you feel the definition listed is incorrect or offensive please suggest modifications directly to the source (wiktionary/miscarriage), any changes made to the source will update on this page periodically.