primigravida

English
WOTD – 15 May 2019

Etymology

From Latin prīmus (“first”) (modelled after primipara) + Medieval Latin gravida (“pregnant woman”), feminine singular of Latin gravidus (“pregnant, gravid”),[1] from gravō (“to burden, weigh down; to make pregnant”) + -idus (“suffix meaning ‘tending to’ forming adjectives”).

Pronunciation

Noun

primigravida (plural primigravidas or primigravidae)

  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, primipara (one sense)
    Antonyms: multigravid, multigravida, multipara (one sense)

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References
  1. “primigravida, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2007; “primigravida” (US) / “primigravida” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

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