different between primipara vs quadripara

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?a??m?p???/, /?p?a??m?p??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p?a??m?p???/
• Hyphenation: pri?mi?pa?ra

Noun

primipara (plural primiparas or primiparae)

1. (obstetrics, veterinary medicine) A woman or female animal during or after her first pregnancy. [from mid 19th c.]

   Synonyms: primigravid, primigravida, primip

   Antonyms: multigravid, multigravida, multip, multipara

2. (obstetrics, veterinary medicine, specifically) A woman or female animal that has carried a first pregnancy to a viable gestational age.

   Synonym: primip

   Antonyms: multip, multipara

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• gravidity and parity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

primipara f (plural primipare)

1. primipara, primigravid

English

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Noun

quadripara (plural quadriparas)

1. A female who has borne four offspring.
   • 1916 American Medical Association, "Transactions", page 260^[1]

     Just the other day I prevented a cesarean section on a woman, quadripara, with three living children, the first of which alone was at all difficult; the indication placed by the physician was that he "didn't want to tear her perineum."

   • 1918 Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation, "Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics", page 76^[2]

     Holdsworth reports one case of a quadripara of 37 in labor. To hasten labor a Champetier de Ribes dilating bag was inserted but failed to have the desired effect.

Related terms

• primipara
• bipara
• tripara
• quintipara