Definition of Primiparous

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once.

Partainyms: Primipara
Derivative terms: Primipara

Definition of Primiparous

1. a. Belonging to a first birth; bearing young for the first time.

Definition of Primiparous

1. Adjective. pregnant for the first time ¹

2. Adjective. Having given birth to only one child ¹

3. Adjective. bearing a first offspring; having borne only one previous offspring ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Primiparous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Primiparous

primidone
primigenial
primigravid
primigravida
primigravids
primigravity
primine
primines
priming
priming coat
primings
primip
primipara
primiparae
primiparas
primiparous (current term)
primipilar
primips
primitial
primitive
primitive art
primitive concept
primitive concepts
primitive person
primitive recursion
primitive recursive
primitive root
primitive streak
primitive type
primitive types

Literary usage of Primiparous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London: Vol. I-XLIX, for the Year by Obstetrical Society of London (1866)
"All the points mentioned in this report as to the general appearance of the specimen are fairly represented in the annexed Plate I. LABOUR IN primiparous ..."

2. Case Histories in Obstetrics: Groups of Cases Illustrating the Fundamental by Robert Laurent De Normandie (1917)
"primiparous LABOR. OCCIPUT RIGHT POSTERIOR. Patient is seen for the first time January 26th. She considers herself two and a half months along in her first ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1875)
"12 cases were operated upon at J dilatation, 11 being primiparous. 10 primiparous children lived ; the other two were still-born—mothers recovered. ..."

4. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, John James Reese (1873)
"Thus, children are much more frequently born dead among primiparous than among non-primiparous females. According to Dr. Lawrence's observations, ..."

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