Para
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Noun:
- A port city in northern Brazil: A major city and commercial port located in the Amazon delta.
- An estuary in northern Brazil: A specific estuary where the Tocantins River flows.
- A soldier in paratroops: A member of an airborne military unit.
- A monetary unit in Yugoslavia: A former subunit of currency, where 100 para equaled 1 dinar.
- (Obstetrics) The number of live births a woman has had: A medical term referring to a woman's count of childbirths reaching a viable gestational age.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The ship docked at the port of Para.
- The Tocantins River flows into the Para estuary.
- He served as a para during the war.
- This old coin is worth fifty para.
- The medical record listed her as a bipara, meaning she had two prior deliveries.
Advanced Usage
- Medical Terminology: In obstetric records, "para" is a key term often combined with a prefix (like nulli-, primi-, multi-) to succinctly describe a patient's obstetric history.
- The patient, a primipara, was expecting her first child.
Variants and Related Words
- Paratrooper (n): A soldier trained to parachute from an aircraft. (Note: This is a compound word, not the target word itself).
- Parity (n): The state of having given birth, related to the obstetric meaning of "para".
- Bipara (n): A woman who has given birth twice.
- Nullipara (n): A woman who has never given birth.
Synonyms
- Paratrooper: For the military meaning.
- Gravida/Parity: In medical contexts, though these are related but distinct terms.
Related Phrases
- Para status: A phrase used in medical settings to refer to a patient's obstetric history.
- What is the patient's para status?
Noun
- port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin
- an estuary in northern Brazil into which the Tocantins River flows
- a soldier in the paratroops
- 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia
- (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
- the parity of the mother must be considered
- a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children