different between primigravida vs gravida

English

Etymology

From Latin pr?mus (“first”) (modelled after primipara) + Medieval Latin gravida (“pregnant woman”), feminine singular of Latin gravidus (“pregnant, gravid”), from grav? (“to burden, weigh down; to make pregnant”) + -idus (“suffix meaning ‘tending to’ forming adjectives”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?a?m????æv?d?/, /?p?i?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?a?m????æv?d?/, /-v?-/
• Hyphenation: pri?mi?gra?vi?da

Noun

primigravida (plural primigravidas or primigravidae or primigravidæ) (archaic)

1. (obstetrics, veterinary medicine) A woman or female animal who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once. [from late 19th c.]

   Synonyms: primigravid, (one sense) primipara

   Antonyms: multigravid, multigravida, (one sense) multipara

Derived terms

• primigravid (adjective)
• primigravidity
• primigravity

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• gravidity and parity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Latin gravida, the feminine singular adjective (and also noun) of gravidus (“pregnant”), from gravis (“heavy”).

Noun

gravida (plural gravidas or gravidae)

1. (medicine) A pregnant woman.

Usage notes

• She is referred to as gravida 1 during the first pregnancy, gravida 2 during the second, etc.

Derived terms

Related terms

References

See also

• La donna gravida (“The Pregnant Woman”) (or simply La gravida) (an oil on wood portrait by Raphael)
• para

Dutch

Noun

gravida f (plural gravidae or gravida's, diminutive gravidaatje n)

1. (gynaecology) A pregnant woman.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English gravid, French gravide, Italian gravido, Spanish grávido, all from Latin gravidus (“pregnant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?vi.da/

Adjective

gravida

1. pregnant

Derived terms

Italian

Adjective

gravida

1. feminine singular of gravido

Anagrams

• dragavi, gradiva, gridava

Latin

Etymology

Ellipsis of gravida f?mina (“laden woman, pregnant woman”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??ra.u?i.da/, [??räu??d?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??ra.vi.da/, [??r??vid??]

Noun

gravida f (genitive gravidae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) pregnant woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

Adjective

gravida

1. inflection of gravidus:
   1. nominative/vocative singular feminine
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural neuter

Adjective

gravid?

1. ablative singular feminine of gravidus