primigravida

IPA: prˈɪmʌgrʌvˈidʌ

(obstetrics, veterinary medicine) A woman or female animal who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once.

Examples of "primigravida" in Sentences

The cervix of a primigravida usually effaces a lot before it dilates.
Prospective randomized study of X-ray pelvimetry in the primigravida.
A 27-year-old Japanese primigravida at 33 weeks of gestation was referred to our hospital.
At ninety, Sarah was unquestionably a woman whom a modern obstetrician would call an elderly primigravida, a term that includes all women over thirty-five—not just nonagenarians.
If you are over thirty-five years old, medical providers may label you as an “elderly primigravida” or a woman of “advanced maternal age,” consider you high-risk, and view your baby as a “premium baby.”
Unfortunately, the medical establishment, by virtue of your age alone, may label you as an “elderly primigravida,” consider you high-risk, and view your baby as a “premium baby” requiring extensive, unnecessary interventions.