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  • noun Plural form of stillbirth.

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Examples

  • Thousands of people got cancer (or lost their babies – a 280% rise in stillbirths in the first 9 months) due to "stress."

    A Pat on the Back for Matzke 2009

  • All the others had ended in stillbirths and miscarriages. 35 This sad history of unsuccessful pregnancies combined with Catherine's health (she had likely begun menopause in 1519) made Mary's succession ever more a realistic outcome as she grew from an infant into a healthy toddler.

    From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558 2008

  • VILES: N.O.W. insists that such birth certificates be limited to late-term stillbirths, as opposed to miscarriages or abortions, and be optional, issued only at the request of the parents.

    CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2007 2007

  • Their infant mortality is down at the 3-4 per 1000 live birth range with all the developed countries, but their stillbirths are a relatively high 11 per 1000.

    International Health Care Comparisons, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Live-born infants without obvious signs of life may have been misidentified as stillbirths before this training; such misclassifications have been reported in the literature.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • Live-born infants without obvious signs of life may have been misidentified as stillbirths before this training; such misclassifications have been reported in the literature.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Every year, 3.7 million newborns die and 3.3 million babies are born dead - so-called stillbirths - according to the World Health Organization.

    China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper 2010

  • Live-born infants without obvious signs of life may have been misidentified as stillbirths before this training; such misclassifications have been reported in the literature.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Every year, 3.7 million newborns die and 3.3 million babies are born dead - so-called stillbirths - according to the World Health Organization.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2010

  • Live-born infants without obvious signs of life may have been misidentified as stillbirths before this training; such misclassifications have been reported in the literature.

    innovations-report 2010

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