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Issues and Reviews in Teratology pp 33–72Cite as

Cytogenetics of Human Reproductive Wastage

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The word “abortion” was introduced into the English language in 1580 from the French “avortement” (Skinner, 1949). It refers to the termination of pregnancy before viability of the fetus. Viability has been set at earlier and earlier dates owing to advances in maintaining the fetus ex utero in recent years and it is now generally regarded as beginning at 20 weeks. At that time the fetus weighs 400 g, the lungs are very immature, and postnatal survival is extremely rare. Further advances in postnatal care are unlikely to change the situation in the foreseeable future, so the date is as close to an absolute as can be defined in biologic terminology. The term abortion has become so firmly associated with artificial interruption of pregnancy in the minds of the public that a case can be made for substituting the nontechnical term “miscarriage” for the medical terminology of “spontaneous abortion. ” However, this chapter is concerned with “spontaneous” losses only, so that when the word “abortion” is used the qualification is generally omitted.

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