Pathologic Function
fetal death
fe·tal death [ feet-l deth ]
Subclass of:
Pregnancy Complications; Cessation of life
Definitions related to fetal death:
  • (intrauterine death) Death of a conceptus that occurred inside the uterus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Death of the developing young in utero. BIRTH of a dead FETUS is STILLBIRTH.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (intrauterine fetal death) Death in utero; failure of the product of conception to show evidence of respiration, heart beat, or definite movement of a voluntary muscle after expulsion from the uterus, with no possibility of resuscitation.
    U.S. FDA Glossary
    U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 2021
  • (intrauterine fetal death) Death of a fetus after 10 weeks gestation.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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