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nulliparous

American  
[nuh-lip-er-uhs] / nʌˈlɪp ər əs /

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.


Etymology

Origin of nulliparous

nulli- ( def. ) + -parous ( def. )