primipara
nounUK /ˌpɹaɪˈmɪpəɹə/ · US /pɹaɪˈmɪpəɹə/
Etymology 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.
1
Biology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Obstetrics, Pathology, Sciences, Veterinary, Zoology A woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy.
2
Biology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Obstetrics, Pathology, Sciences, Veterinary, Zoology Specifically A woman or female animal that has carried a first pregnancy to a viable gestational age.
- Derived terms
- primip, primiparity, primiparous
- Related terms
- multip, multipara, multiparity, nullipara, nulliparity, primigravid, primigravida, primigravidity, primigravity, quadripara, quadriparous, secundipara