keguguran
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Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed gugur + ke- -an, inherited from Malay keguguran (“miscarriage; abortus; abortion”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kəɡuˈɡuran/
- Rhymes: -uran
- Syllabification: ke‧gu‧gu‧ran
Noun
keguguran (plural keguguran-keguguran)
- miscarriage: the spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term
- (proscribed, in obstetrics) abortus; abortion: the expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus
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Further reading
- “keguguran” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
- Abdul Bani Saifuddin, Trijatmo Rachimhadhi, Teuku Zulkifli Jacoeb, Ellya Iswati (1993) Kamus Obstetri dan Ginekologi (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 33: “keguguran”