different between primiparous vs primigravida

English

Etymology

New Latin, ultimately pr?mus (“first”) + -parous

Adjective

primiparous (not comparable)

1. pregnant for the first time
2. Having given birth to only one child
3. bearing a first offspring; having borne only one previous offspring

Synonyms

• uniparous

Related terms

• (pregnant for the first time): primigravid

Antonyms

• multiparous

Related terms

• primipara

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

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References

Further reading

• gravidity and parity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia