primipara
[prahy-mip-er-uh]
- a woman who has borne but one child or who is parturient for the first time.
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Origin of primipara
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It is also larger altogether, and softer, than in the primipara.
It is now very short, even in primipara, but in those who have borne children it is scarcely to be distinguished at all.
A dry labor in a primipara with an undilated cervix is a grave condition.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and MutilationAustin O'Malley
If the fetal head does not engage in a primipara, this fact at once suggests an absolutely or relatively narrow pelvis.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and MutilationAustin O'Malley
If the offspring of a primipara dies, it is sometimes buried in a place where jackals can get at it.
Omens and Superstitions of Southern IndiaEdgar Thurston
primipara
- obstetrics a woman who has borne only one childAlso written: Para I
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Word Origin
C19: from Latin, from prīmus first + parere to bring forth
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primipara
(prī-mĭp′ər-ə)- A woman who is pregnant for the first time.
- A woman who has given birth for the first time to an infant or infants, alive or stillborn.
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