Word Meanings - STILLBIRTH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The birth of a dead fetus.

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• BIRTHMARK
  Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth. Most part of this noble lineage carried upon their body for a natural birthmark, . . . a snake. Sir T. North.
• BIRTHING
  Anything added to raise the sides of a ship. Bailey.
• BIRTHRIGHT
  Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born. Lest there be any
• BIRTHWORT
  A genus of herbs and shrubs , reputed to have medicinal properties.
• BIRTHNIGHT
  The night in which a person is born; the anniversary of that night in succeeding years. The angelic song in Bethlehem field, On thy birthnight, that sung thee Savior born. Milton.
• BIRTHLESS
  Of mean extraction. Sir W. Scott.
• BIRTHROOT
  An herbaceous plant , and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.
• BIRTHDOM
  The land of one's birth; one's inheritance. Shak.
• BIRTH
  bear, bring forth; akin to D. geboorate, OHG. burt, giburt, G. geburt, Icel. bur, Skr. bhrti bearing, supporting; cf. Ir. & Gael. 1. The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a
• BIRTHPLACE
  The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of origin or birth, in its more general sense. "The birthplace of valor." Burns.
• FETUS
  The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages. (more info) brood, offspring, young ones, cf.
• BIRTHDAY
  1. The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement. Those barbarous ages past, succeeded next The birthday of invention. Cowper. 2. The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the
• STILLBIRTH
  The birth of a dead fetus.
• CHILDBIRTH
  The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor.
• CROSS-BIRTH
  Any preternatural labor, in whiche the boly of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.
• AFTERBIRTH
  The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.