Definition of Miscarriages

1. Noun. (plural of miscarriage) ¹

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Definition of Miscarriages

1. miscarriage [n] - See also: miscarriage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Miscarriages

miscanthus
miscapitalise
miscapitalised
miscapitalises
miscapitalising
miscapitalize
miscapitalized
miscapitalizes
miscapitalizing
miscaption
miscaptioned
miscaptioning
miscaptions
miscarriage
miscarriage of justice
miscarriages (current term)
miscarried
miscarries
miscarry
miscarrying
miscast
miscasting
miscasts
miscatalog
miscataloged
miscataloging
miscatalogs
miscategorisation
miscategorisations
miscategorise

Literary usage of Miscarriages

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Infant Mortality: Results of a Field Study in Brockton, Mass. Based on by United States Children's Bureau, Mary V. Dempsey (1919)
"miscarriages.—In addition to the live births and stillbirths mentioned above, these mothers had had 206 miscarriages; these data are not used in other ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1876)
"Prevention and Management of miscarriages.—Dr. AW EDIS states (Brit. ... been carefully recorded, there were no fewer than 1147 miscarriages compared with ..."

3. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the Admiralty by Samuel Pepys, John A. Smith, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1854)
"Accordingly, during the turbulent juncture of the Popish Plot, complaints having been made in the House of Commons of various miscarriages in the Navy, ..."

4. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1830)
"It is certain, that there is no authority for pel-sons who have nothing else to do, to pass away hours of conversation upon the miscarriages of other people ..."

5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... uppon by his Favourites, for compassing their own private Ends, to act against his true Intrest; and the Misfortune was, that past miscarriages seldom ..."

6. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Henry Hart Milman (1864)
"Debates about the naval miscarriages. paign, he said, she had, on every point, had a superiority of force; and it had therefore been found impossible to ..."

7. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"The commons resume the inquiry into the cause of the miscarriages in Ireland—§.XV. King William irritated against the whigs—§ XVI. ..."

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