primipara

American  

[prahy-mip-er-uh] / praɪˈmɪp ər ə /

noun

Obstetrics.

• primiparas,
  plural
• primiparae
  plural

1. a woman who has borne but one child or who is parturient for the first time.

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primipara British  

/ praɪˈmɪpərə /

noun

1. Also written: Para I. obstetrics a woman who has borne only one child

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• primiparity
  noun
• primiparous
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• primiparae
  plural
• primiparas
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of primipara

1835–45; < Latin prīmipara, equivalent to prīmi- (combining form of prīmus first; see prime) + -para, feminine of -parus -parous

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Example Sentences

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primipara

On April 30th the fundus of the tumor was 35 cm. above the symphysis and the uterus 11 1/2 cm.; the cervix was soft as that of a primipara at term.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Mackenzie cites the instance of a woman aged thirty-two, a primipara, who had been married ten years and who always had been regular in menstruation.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Madden gives the history of a primipara of twenty-eight, married one year, to whom he was called.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

If the offspring of a primipara dies, it is sometimes buried in a place where jackals can get at it.

From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

Croston reports a case of Cesarean section on a primipara of twenty-four at full term, with the delivery of a double female monster weighing 12 1/2 pounds.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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