Primigravida

//ˌpɹaɪmɪˈɡɹævɪdə//

Synonyms for "primigravida" (4 found)

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11 translations across 7 languages.

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Catalan

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  • primigràvida noun (woman who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 初產婦 /初产妇 noun (woman who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once)

German

3 entries
  • Erstgebärende noun (woman who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once)
  • Primigravida noun (woman who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once)
  • erstmals Schwangere noun (woman who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once)

Latin

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  • primigravida noun (woman who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • primigesta noun (woman who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once)
  • primigrávida noun (woman who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once)

Spanish

2 entries
  • primigesta noun (woman who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once)
  • primigrávida noun (woman who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once)

Swedish

1 entries
  • förstföderska noun (woman who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once)

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[...] [Friedrich] Schatz advises all pregnant women, especially primigravidæ, to consult a physician during the last portion of their pregnancy, and ascertain from him the position of the child, and the necessity, if present, of altering it before labor sets in.

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In connection with the case, I should like to remind you of the fact that extra-uterine pregnancy occurs more frequently in multigravidae than in primigravidae. This has an important bearing on the etiology of ectopic gestation.

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The overwhelming majority of primigravidas seen at the clinic are in their middle teens. All but two of these primigravidas were pregnant before their eighteenth birthday. Of thirty-eight primigravidas interviewed none had completed high school; and of these, the ones that were married had husbands who were engaged in low-skill, manual, low-paying occupations.

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In the second stage [of labour] for a primigravida, Caesarean section is the method of choice; with a multigravida, a vaginal delivery should be attempted.

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