Definition of PRIMIGRAVIDA

primigravida

Meanings

Plural: primigravidae, primigravidas, primigravidæ

Noun

  • (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time
  • A woman or female animal who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

gravida I, primigravid, primipara

Scrabble Score: 21

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Words With Friends Score: 25

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