Miscarriage
A pregnancy that ends at a stage in which the fetus is incapable of surviving on its own, defined as the spontaneous loss of a fetus before the 22th week of pregnancy. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]
Term info
- UMLS:C0000786
- SNOMEDCT_US:17369002
- MSH:D000022
The age at which fetal demise is legally classified asa a miscarriage varies between countries with the US being 20 gestational weeks and the UK being 24 gestational weeks. The HPO chooses the average of these age ranges.
A pregnancy that ends at a stage in which the fetus is incapable of surviving on its own, defined as the spontaneous loss of a fetus before the 22th week of pregnancy.
Early fetal demise, Spontaneous abortion
HP:0005268