nulliparous

[ nuh-lip-er-uhs ]

adjective

1. Medicine/Medical. of, relating to, or being a woman who has never, or never before, given birth:

   Overwhelming anxiety about delivering her first child can have a devastating impact on a nulliparous woman's life.

2. Zoology. of, relating to, or being any female in the animal kingdom that has never given birth or laid eggs:

   We conducted sterilization experiments to create a community of nulliparous mosquitoes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nulliparous¹

nulli- ( def ) + -parous ( def )