stillbirth

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noun

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

Similar
spontaneous abortionmiscarriage
Opposite
live birth
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Meanings

nounstillbirth (countable and uncountable, plural stillbirths)

plural stillbirths · alternative still-birth

  1. countableuncountableThe birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.
  2. countableuncountablemedicineThe 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna natural loss of the products of conception

Similar
spontaneous abortionmiscarriage
Opposite
live birth
Broader
abortion
Also see
miscarriagespontaneous abortion

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From still + birth.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian мъртво раждане
  • мъртво раждане (mărtvo raždane)birth of a dead fetus
Chinese Mandarin 死胎, 死產 /死产
  • 死胎 (sǐtāi)birth of a dead fetus
  • 死產 /死产 (sǐchǎn)birth of a dead fetus
Danish dødsfødsel
  • dødsfødselbirth of a dead fetus
Dutch doodgeboorte
  • doodgeboortebirth of a dead fetus
Finnish kuolleena syntyminen
  • kuolleena syntyminenbirth of a dead fetus
French mortinaissance, mortinatalité
  • mortinaissancebirth of a dead fetus
  • mortinatalitébirth of a dead fetus
German Totgeburt
  • Totgeburtbirth of a dead fetus
Greek θνησιγένεια
  • θνησιγένεια (thnisigéneia)birth of a dead fetus
Hungarian halvaszületés, halvaszülés
  • halvaszületésbirth of a dead fetus
  • halvaszülésbirth of a dead fetus
Icelandic andvana fæðing
  • andvana fæðingbirth of a dead fetus
Italian mortinatalità
  • mortinatalitàbirth of a dead fetus
Japanese 死産
  • 死産 (shizan)birth of a dead fetus
Korean 사산
  • 사산 (sasan)birth of a dead fetus
Latin mortinatalitas, partus mortuus
  • mortinatalitasbirth of a dead fetus
  • partus mortuusbirth of a dead fetus
Norwegian Bokmål dødfødsel
  • dødfødselbirth of a dead fetus
Portuguese mortinatalidade, morte fetal
  • mortinatalidadebirth of a dead fetus
  • morte fetalbirth of a dead fetus
Russian мертворожде́ние
  • мертворожде́ние (mertvoroždénije)birth of a dead fetus
Spanish parto muerto, mortinato
  • parto muertobirth of a dead fetus
  • mortinatobirth of a dead fetus
  • mortinatalidadbirth of a dead fetus
Turkish ölü doğum
  • ölü doğumbirth of a dead fetus
Ukrainian мертвонаро́дження
  • мертвонаро́дження (mertvonaródžennja)birth of a dead fetus
Cite this entry
APA

stillbirth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stillbirth

MLA

“stillbirth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stillbirth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stillbirth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stillbirth.

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