Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once: The term describes the state of having delivered one child or the characteristics associated with a first birth.

Usage

• The adjective primiparous is used in medical, biological, and demographic contexts to classify or describe a female (typically a human or animal) based on her reproductive history. It specifies that she has experienced childbirth exactly one time.
• It is often contrasted with multiparous (having given birth multiple times) and nulliparous (never having given birth).

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The study compared recovery times between primiparous and multiparous mothers.
  • She is a primiparous patient, so the medical team provided additional guidance for her first postpartum period.

Advanced Usage

• "Primiparous woman": A standard phrase to specify a woman who has had one birth.
  • The clinic offers a special support group for primiparous women.
• In zoology or veterinary science, the term can be applied to animals.
  • The primiparous cow required careful monitoring during her first calving.

Variants and Related Words

• Primipara (n): A woman or female animal who is giving birth for the first time or who has given birth only once.
  • The primipara was admitted to the delivery ward.
• Primiparity (n): The condition of being primiparous; the state of having borne one child.
  • Primiparity can be associated with a longer first stage of labor.

Synonyms

• First-time mother (common phrase, less clinical)
• Uniparous (biological term meaning producing a single offspring at a birth, but not strictly synonymous as it focuses on litter size per pregnancy rather than total birth history)

Antonyms

• Multiparous: Having given birth two or more times.
• Nulliparous: Never having given birth.

Adjective

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