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Primiparous

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pregnant or giving birth for the first time. not-comparable

    "[The linea nigra] may generally be regarded, especially in a primiparous female, as a certain sign of pregnancy[…]"

  2. 2
    Having borne only one child. not-comparable

    "Seashore et al. (1973) found that in comparison to multiparous women, primiparous women separated from their premature babies undergo greater loss of self-confidence, an effect that apparently can be reversed if primiparous women have had prior experience caring for infants."

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

Etymology

From New Latin prīmiparus, from prīmus (“first”) + pariō (“to give birth”).

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