noun

primipara

pri·mi·pa·ra

primipara · primiparas · primiparae

Erstgebärende, Primipara

A woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancyA woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy.

UK/ˌpɹaɪˈmɪpəɹə/US/pɹaɪˈmɪpəɹə/

Meaning

2 senses

A woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy.
Erstgebärende, Primipara
(obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time
(specifically)A woman or female animal that has carried a first pregnancy to a viable gestational age.

Translations

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Deutsch

By meaning 1

woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy — see also primigravida:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin prīmipara (“pregnant for the first time; having given birth to only on

Borrowed from Latin prīmipara (“pregnant for the first time; having given birth to only one offspring; primiparous”), from prīmus (“first”) + parere (from pariō (“to bear, give birth to; to beget, produce”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to carry forth”)). The word is cognate with French primipare.

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