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primipara

[ prahy-mip-er-uh ]

noun

, Obstetrics.
, plural pri·mip·a·ras, pri·mip·a·rae [prahy-, mip, -, uh, -ree].
  1. a woman who has borne but one child or who is parturient for the first time.


primipara

/ ˌprɪmɪˈpærɪtɪ; praɪˈmɪpərə /

noun

  1. obstetrics a woman who has borne only one child Also writtenPara I
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • primiparity, noun
  • priˈmiparous, adjective
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Other Words From

  • pri·mi·par·i·ty [prahy-mi-, par, -i-tee], noun
  • pri·mipa·rous adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of primipara1

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

Origin of primipara1

C19: from Latin, from prīmus first + parere to bring forth
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Example Sentences

It is now very short, even in primipara, but in those who have borne children it is scarcely to be distinguished at all.

The cyclops illustrated (Figs. 33, 34) was born to a 17-year old neuropathic primipara, after a protracted labour.

A dry labor in a primipara with an undilated cervix is a grave condition.

If the fetal head does not engage in a primipara, this fact at once suggests an absolutely or relatively narrow pelvis.

It is also larger altogether, and softer, than in the primipara.

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