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PRIMIPARA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: primiparae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time

Synonyms:

para I; primipara

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("primipara" is a kind of...):

female parent; mother (a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother))

Domain category:

midwifery; OB; obstetrics; tocology (the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother)

Derivation:

primiparous (of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once)

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