nullipara
nounEtymology From Latin nūllipara.
1
A woman who has never carried a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks (one who has never given birth). It includes women who have experienced spontaneous miscarriages and induced abortions before the mid-point of pregnancy, but not women who have experienced pregnancy loss after 20 weeks.
- The active phase of labour lasts on average 8 hours for the nullipara and 6 hours for the multipara.2005, Martha Finn, Women's Health: A Core Curriculum, page 147:
- Synonyms
- nulliparous woman, para 0
- Related terms
- nulliparity, nulliparous, nuliparous, multipara