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(stil′bĭrth″)

The birth of a dead fetus occurring after 22 weeks' gestation. In Western nations stillbirths occur in approx. 1 of 320 to 1 in 1300 pregnancies. Identified risk factors include excess maternal weight, maternal age over 35 years, and smoking during pregnancy.
stillborn (stil′born″), adj.

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Venes, Donald, editor. "Stillbirth." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744953/all/stillborn.
Stillbirth. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744953/all/stillborn. Accessed May 23, 2019.
Stillbirth. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744953/all/stillborn
Stillbirth [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 May 23]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744953/all/stillborn.
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