Definition of "stillbirth" [still•birth]

• The birth of a dead child or fetus. (noun)
• A child or fetus dead at birth. (noun)

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• "One of my great-grandmothers had picture-perfect pregnancies that ended in stillbirth in all but one case – my grandfather."
• "A full-term stillbirth is not the worst-case scenario in pregnancy; it is the unfathomable."
• "Shannon Torrez's attorney asked family and friends to testify to his client's good nature and to build a case that her actions were caused by severe postpartum depression, the result of a full-term stillbirth that occurred the same day as the kidnapping."