Definitions for "Spontaneous Abortion"
An interruption of pregnancy for some reason other than human choice, i.e., a miscarriage or stillbirth. Spontaneous abortions less than 20 weeks gestation are not reportable in North Carolina. Stillbirths of 20+ weeks gestation are reported as fetal deaths.
Spontaneous abortion means a miscarriage.
Natural expulsion from the uterus of a conceptus that cannot survive outside the womb; also called miscarriage. (63)
a natural loss of the products of conception