primigravida

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Definition

Noun: 1. (Obstetrics) A woman who is pregnant for the first time. This is a medical term used to categorize a patient based on her pregnancy history.

Usage

The term is used in formal medical contexts, such as in clinical notes, obstetric classifications, and medical discussions. It is often abbreviated in charts as "gravida 1" or simply "G1." It describes a patient's current status, not a permanent condition.

Examples
  • The clinic's prenatal class had several primigravida patients.
  • Her medical chart was marked as primigravida to alert the care team.
  • The study compared the labor duration between primigravida and multigravida women.
Advanced Usage
  • The condition or status of being pregnant for the first time is called primigravidity.
  • The adjective form is primigravid, used to describe the pregnancy itself (e.g., a primigravid pregnancy).
Variants and Related Words
  • Gravida: A pregnant woman. Often preceded by a number (e.g., gravida 1, gravida 2) to indicate the number of pregnancies.
  • Multigravida: A woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
  • Nulligravida: A woman who has never been pregnant.
  • Primipara (or Primip): A woman who has given birth to her first child (or who is giving birth for the first time). Note: This term is related but distinct, as it refers to , not just pregnancy.
Synonyms
  • First-time mother (though this can imply the postpartum period, while is specific to the pregnancy).
  • Gravida I (medical notation).
Antonyms
  • Multigravida
  • Nulligravida
Noun
  1. (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time

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