stillbirth
death of a fetus before or during delivery
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Summary
stillbirth ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,884 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: pregnancy with abortive outcome[2], reproductive system symptom[3], complications of pregnancy[4], manner of death[5]
- Said to be the same as: died on day of birth[6]
- Opposite of: live birth[7]
- ICPC 2 ID: W91[8]
- Symptoms and signs: bleeding[9]
- Has cause: intrauterine death[10], internal bleeding[11], intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Stillbirth[13]
- Facet of: Wikimedia Commons[14]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[16]
- Partially coincident with: died on day of birth[17]
- Official name: mortinaissance[18]
- Has effect: QuickStats[19], stillborn[20]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C49151[21]
- Name in kana: しざん[22]
- Different from: abortion[23], miscarriage[24], person died before they were born[25], Q139864839[26], fetal death in utero[27]
- Health specialty: pediatrics[28], obstetrics[29]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000849[30]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Zika Corpus[31], gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[32]
Why It Matters
stillbirth has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] stillbirth is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]