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Habitual abortion

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The miscarriage of 3 or more consecutive pregnancies.

The abortion of 3 or more miscarriages (spontaneous abortions) with no intervening pregnancies is also termed recurrent abortion.

Habitual or recurrent abortion is a form of infertility.

It is sometimes due to chromosome abnormalities or other genetic causes.

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