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primigravidas

primigravidas is the plural of primigravida.

Meaning of primigravida

Noun

primigravida (plural primigravidas or primigravidae or (archaic) primigravidæ)

  1. A woman or female animal who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once.
    • [...] [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.1874 February, “The Conversion of a Facial into a Vertex Presentation by External Manipulation only. By Friedrich Schatz, Rostock. (Archiv für Gynäkologie, v. 2. 1873.)”, in B. F. Dawson, editor, The...

Questions about primigravidas

What is primigravidas the plural of?
Primigravidas is the plural of primigravida.

Words near primigravidas in the dictionary

  1. primigenious
  2. primigenous
  3. primigravid
  4. primigravida
  5. primigravidae
  6. primigravidas
  7. primigravidity
  8. primigravids
  9. primigravidæ
  10. primigravity
  11. primina

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