nullipara
Americannoun
plural
nulliparae-
Medicine/Medical. a woman who has never, or never before, given birth.
The patient is a 38-year-old nullipara in her second trimester of pregnancy.
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Zoology. any female in the animal kingdom that has never given birth or laid eggs.
None of the nulliparae among these bottlenose dolphins had developed uterine fibrosis.
noun
Other Word Forms
- nulliparity noun
- nulliparous adjective
Etymology
Origin of nullipara
First recorded in 1870–75; from New Latin, equivalent to nūlli- nulli- + -para, feminine of -parus -parous
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