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primigravida

pri·mig·ra·vida

UK/ˌpɹaɪmɪˈɡɹævɪdə/ US/ˌpɹiː-/ uncommon

noun

1.

(obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time

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Origin

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”).

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