Taber's Medical Dictionary
miscarriage
(mis-kar′ăj )
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SYN: SEE: spontaneous abortion
PREVENTION
Low doses of aspirin help prevent recurrent miscarriage.
SYN: SEE: habitual abortion; SEE: recurrent abortion; SEE: recurrent pregnancy loss
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Miscarriage." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750940/all/miscarriage.
Miscarriage. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750940/all/miscarriage. Accessed April 19, 2026.
Miscarriage. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750940/all/miscarriage
Miscarriage [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 19]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750940/all/miscarriage.
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