maternal death

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Noun

maternal death (countable and uncountable, plural maternal deaths)

1. The death of a woman that occurs directly related to the procreative process; obstetric death.

Related terms

• direct maternal death
• eclampsia
• ectopic pregnancy
• indirect maternal death
• puerperal sepsis
• sentinel event

Translations

death of a woman that occurs directly related to the procreative process

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 孕產婦死亡 / 孕产妇死亡 (yùnchǎnfù sǐwáng)

• Dutch: zwangerschapsdood
• Finnish: äitiyskuolema
• French: mort de grossesse f, mort obstétrique f
• German: Schwangerschaftstod m
• Greek: μαιευτικός θάνατος (maieftikós thánatos)
• Italian: morte osterica f
• Japanese: 妊娠の死 (にんしんのし, ninshin no shi)
• Korean: 산과 죽음 (san'gwa jugeum)
• Latin: mors gestationalis (nominative singular), mortis gestationalis (genitive singular), mortes gestationales (nominative plural), mortium gestationalium (genitive plural)
• Portuguese: mortalidade materna f
• Russian: смерть при ро́дах f (smertʹ pri ródax)
• Spanish: muerte obstétrica f