誕たん生じょう死し

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Meanings

stillbirth; neonatal death

A term used in medical and bereavement contexts to refer to the death of a baby at or shortly after birth. It encompasses both stillbirth and early neonatal death.

誕たん生じょう死しを経けい験けんした家か族ぞくへの支し援えんが重じゅう要ようです。
Support for families who have experienced a stillbirth or neonatal death is important.

Kanji

誕nativity, be born, declension
生life, genuine, birth
死death, die

Related words

死し産ざん
死産 specifically refers to stillbirth (fetal death after 12 weeks of pregnancy), while 誕生死 is a broader term that can also include neonatal death shortly after birth.
新しん生せい児じ死し亡ぼう
新生児死亡 is a clinical term for neonatal death (death within the first 28 days of life). 誕生死 is a more compassionate, less clinical term that encompasses both stillbirth and early neonatal loss.

Built from

誕たん生じょう+死し

Etymology

Compound of 誕生 (birth) and 死 (death). The term was coined to describe the experience of giving birth to a baby who has already died or dies shortly after birth, emphasizing that the baby was born and existed, even if only briefly.