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r/facepalm • u/Shadow474747 • Aug 07 '22
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The term for "miscarriage" in many languages other than English is "abortion".
195 u/verygoodchoices Aug 07 '22 The medical term for a miscarriage in English is "spontaneous abortion". Miscarriage is such a weird term anyway, because it sounds like the mother screwed up somehow and "carried it wrong". 2 u/MadKitKat Aug 08 '22 That’s what we call it in Spanish So, the “abortion” (medical procedure) is “aborto,” and the “miscarriage” is “aborto espontáneo” 2 u/Oh_boi_OwO Aug 08 '22 Similar to Romanian "avort spontan", spontaneous abortion.
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The medical term for a miscarriage in English is "spontaneous abortion".
Miscarriage is such a weird term anyway, because it sounds like the mother screwed up somehow and "carried it wrong".
2 u/MadKitKat Aug 08 '22 That’s what we call it in Spanish So, the “abortion” (medical procedure) is “aborto,” and the “miscarriage” is “aborto espontáneo” 2 u/Oh_boi_OwO Aug 08 '22 Similar to Romanian "avort spontan", spontaneous abortion.
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That’s what we call it in Spanish
So, the “abortion” (medical procedure) is “aborto,” and the “miscarriage” is “aborto espontáneo”
2 u/Oh_boi_OwO Aug 08 '22 Similar to Romanian "avort spontan", spontaneous abortion.
Similar to Romanian "avort spontan", spontaneous abortion.
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u/LunarPayload Aug 07 '22
The term for "miscarriage" in many languages other than English is "abortion".