primipara

American  

[prahy-mip-er-uh] / praɪˈmɪp ər ə /

noun

Obstetrics.

plural

primiparas, primiparae

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

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primipara British  

/ ˌprɪmɪˈpærɪtɪ, praɪˈmɪpərə /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• primiparity noun
• primiparous adjective

Etymology

Origin of primipara

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

Example Sentences

In the first the patient was a primipara 20 years of age, and, until the dilatation of the cervix was complete and efforts at expulsion had commenced, the uterine contractions were quite painless.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Ellis, Havelock

Cazenave of Bordeaux relates a most marvelous case in which a primipara suffered in labor from an impacted head.

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

Wilcox mentions a primipara, three months pregnant, with a double vagina and a bicornate uterus, who was safely delivered of several children.

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

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 Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

"I have rarely seen a primipara enjoy easier labor," concluded Robertson, "and I have never seen one look forward to the happy realization of motherhood with greater satisfaction."

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock