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Definition of Gravida
1. Noun. The number of the pregnancy that a woman is in. "In her third pregnancy a woman is said to be gravida three"
2. Noun. A pregnant woman.
Generic synonyms: Adult Female, Woman
Definition of Gravida
1. Noun. A pregnant woman. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gravida
1. a pregnant woman [n -DAS or -DAE]
Medical Definition of Gravida
1. A pregnant woman. Gravida followed by a roman numeral or preceded by a Latin prefix (primi-, secundi-, etc.) designates the pregnant woman by number of pregnancies; e.g. Gravida I, primigravida; a woman in her first pregnancy, gravida II, secundigravida; a woman in her second pregnancy. Compare: para. Origin: L. Gravidus (adj.), fem. Gravida, fr. Gravis, heavy (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gravida
Literary usage of Gravida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of obstetric medicine and surgery by Robert Barnes (1885)
"SIGNS AND DIAGNOSIS OF GESTATION—PATHOLOGICAL STATES WHICH SIMULAT« GESTATION—THE
DURATION OF GESTATION—CARE OF gravida. The Clinical Discussion of the ..."
2. The Practice of Obstetrics: Designed for the Use of Students and by James Clifton Edgar (1916)
"To this drain upon the liver must be added the influence of suppressed menstruation
in the gravida, which is said to entail congestion of the liver, ..."
3. Puerperal convalescence and the diseases of the puerperal period by Joseph Kucher (1886)
""The diseases of the gravida are diseases of high nervous and high vascular ...
In the gravida the balance of osmosis is centrifugal; in the puerpera it is ..."
4. Principles and practice of obstetrics by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1918)
"A gravida gains one-thirteenth of her ;ht during pregnancy. If the fetus dies,
this gain does not occur or the ay lose weight, and this fact may be used in ..."
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