primipara

primipara /pri·mip·a·ra/ (pri-mip´ah-rah) pl. primip´arae   para I; a woman who has had one pregnancy that resulted in one or more viable young. See para. primip´arous

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pri·mip·a·ra (pr-mpr-)

n. pl. pri·mip·a·ras or pri·mip·a·rae (--r)

1. A woman who is pregnant for the first time.

2. A woman who has given birth for the first time to an infant or infants, alive or stillborn.

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primi·pari·ty (-m-pr-t) n.

pri·mipa·rous adj.

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primipara

[primip′ərə] pl. primiparae

Etymology: L, primus + parere, to bear

a woman who has given birth to one viable infant, indicated by the notation para 1 on the patient's chart. Compare multipara, nullipara, primigravida.

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primipara [pri-mip´ah-rah]

a woman who has had one pregnancy that resulted in a fetus that attained a weight of 500 g or a gestational age of 20 weeks, regardless of whether the infant was living at birth or whether it was a single or multiple birth. Also written para I or I-para. adj., adj primip´arous.

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primipara

unipara; a female which has had one pregnancy that resulted in viable offspring, para I.

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primipara

Obstetrics A ♀ who has been pregnant with one fetus of ≥ 500 g and/or carried the pregnancy for ≥ 20 wks, regardless of whether the gestational product was born live or stillborn, and whether it was single or multiple