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Miscarriage(health)
miscarriage(dictionary)
Miscarriage(medicine)
miscarriage(encyclopedia)
miscarriage(dictionary)
MISCARRIAGE, med(law)
miscarriage of justice(dictionary)
MISCARRIAGE, contracts, torts(law)
funiculus(medicine)

funiculus umbilicalis (medicine) and miscarriage (iou)


funiculus umbilicalis (medicine)


funiculus umbilicalis -->
umbilical cord


The flexible structure, giving passage to the umbilical arteries and vein, which connects the embryo or foetus to the placenta.


miscarriage (iou)



miscarriage noun. L16.
[from MISCARRY + -AGE.]
a. Misconduct, misbehaviour. L16-L17.
b. A misdemeanour, a misdeed. M17-E19.
Mismanagement, maladministration; failure (of an enterprise etc.); a blunder, a mistake. Now rare exc. in miscarriage of justice below. E17.
miscarriage of justice a failure of the judicial system to attain the ends of justice.
b. Mishap, disaster. Only in 18.
The action of giving birth with loss of the foetus, esp. in the period before a live birth is possible; an instance of this; spec. a spontaneous abortion. M17.
A. N. Wilson Bessie became pregnant again..but had a miscarriage.
The failure of a letter, freight, etc., to reach its destination. M17.